Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?: The story of America's last hero

by Maury Allen

Book Overview

1975 EP Dutton. Hardcover. 222 pgs. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525232656
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Dutton
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.

Customer Reviews

America's Hero

here is a great story on one of america's favorite hero's . Great baseball, You will not believe the incredible life this man has lead . Hhis success , his disappointments . Love baseball you will love this book .

A real insider's view of a player with great mystique

I loved this book! From the first chapter, where Lefty Gomez is talking about pitching against Joe D when he was only a kid with the San Francisco Seals. and this "amateur" gets two doubles off him, to the parts about Marilyn Monroe, which I think everybody on earth is interested in, this book had me hooked. I couldn't help but wonder how Mr. Allen got such personal and intimate information on the courtship of Marilyn Monroe by Joe. The part about her coming home from a party sad, because it's Christmas time and it's always been a horrible time of year for her, and she opens the door to see a small Christmas tree on her table, with a card from him, and he's sitting in a chair in the corner waiting for her. I found that very touching and emotional. As a reader, it was the most intimate view I've ever had of the two of them, and I will probably always wonder how Mr. Allen was able to get stuff like that, when I KNOW DiMaggio refused to talk about her, ever. All of Joe's teammates, from Lefty Gomez and Bill Dickey to Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle told the most revealing stories about Joe and his life on the field and off the field with the Yankees. That was great reading. The clubhouse man, Pete Sheehy, told one of the funniest stories about DiMaggio when he described the day the Clipper showed him a bruise on his backside and asked Mr. Sheehy where he thought the bruise originated from. "Joe," Mr. Sheehy said, "That's from all the guys kissing your backside." What a great read!