Summer reading for the New York beach crowd

August 2, 2011

Greg Spira passed along this link to an NJ.com review of five New York-centric books, including (with a “symbolic” thumbs up-thumbs down):

  • 1961: The Inside Story of the Maris-Mantle Home Run Chase, by Phil Pepe (-)
  • Donnie Baseball: The Definitive Biography of Don Mattingly, by Mike Shalin (-)
  • Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game, by John Thorn (+)
  • The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter, by Ian Ian O’Connor (+)
  • 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports, by Kostya Kennedy (+)
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Tagged as: Derek Jeter, Don Mattingly, Joe DiMaggio, John Thorn, Mickey Mantle, New York, New York Yankees, Roger Maris

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