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Jane Leavy

In the interest of fairness

October 13, 2010

Received this e-mail from author and frequent boo reviwer Allen Barra I wanted to share with you: Ron, I just read what you wrote about Jane Leavy’s Mickey Mantle bio and a quote her publicist used regarding my review of her 1990 baseball novel Squeeze Play. For the record, let me say that I do […]

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The NY Daily News begins a series of excerpts from Jane Leavy’s new book: “Mickey Mantle finally opens up about childhood sexual abuse” Richard Sandomir of The New York Times offers this piece. Expect a full-blown review in Sunday’s Book Review Section. James Bailey wrote this review for Baseball America. Upshot: “Mission accomplished, and powerfully […]

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Jane Leavy’s new biography, The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood, was officially released today, so look for lots of reviews in the days and weeks ahead. Here’s one from Henry D. Fetter in The Wall Street Journal. Upshot: What drives “The Last Boy” forward is the author’s quest to answer […]

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So yesterday I wrote about Jane Leavy’s new book on Mickey Mantle, published by Harper Collins, which got the “excerpt treatment” from Sports Illustrated. Since I have yet to get my copy, I started looking around to see if there were other excerpts available. I eventually found my way to Leavy’s page on the Harper […]

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TWIBB: Oct. 8, 2010

October 8, 2010

The top baseball books, according to Amazon.com as of 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 8. Title Rank General The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood, by Jane Leavy 1 Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis 2 Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams, […]

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Baseball gets the cover treatment as it heads into the post-season. Tom Verducci does a profile on Rays’ ace David Price Joe Sheehan on the Phillies and Giants pitching, and Twins and Rangers Bruce Chen on the Reds But of more interest to the Bookshelf is this excerpt from Jane Leavy‘s new bio, The Last […]

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