A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle

by Johnny Smith, Randy Roberts, Randy W. Roberts

Book Overview

The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 season Mickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland. In A Season in the Sun , acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith recount the defining moment of Mantle's legendary career: 1956, when he overcame a host of injuries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465094422
• ISBN13: 9780465094424
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"