Stan Musial : an American life / George Vecsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vecsey, George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musial, Stan, 1920-2013.

Musial, Stan.

St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team).

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

History.

United States.

St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

xi, 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Ballantine Books : ESPN Books, [2011]

System Details:

Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 8035 KB).

Summary:

Sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the kind of prestigious biographical treatment previously afforded to his more celebrated contemporaries. More than just a recounting of Musial's life, this is the definitive portrait of one of the game's best-loved but most unappreciated legends, told through the remembrances of those who played beside, worked with, and covered "Stan the Man" over his nearly seventy years in the national spotlight. Stan Musial never married a starlet. He didn't die young, live too hard, or squander his talent. There were no legendary displays of temper or moodiness. He was merely the most consistent superstar of his era, a scarily gifted batsman who compiled 3,630 career hits (1,815 at home and 1,815 on the road), won three World Series titles, and retired in 1963 in possession of 17 major-league records. Away from the diamond, he proved a savvy businessman and a model of humility and graciousness toward his many fans in St. Louis and around the world.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Morning in Florida

The do-over

Lucky Stanley

The old master

Stanley hits

The stance

A hand on the shoulder

Lukasz and Mary

Invitation to lunch

How Donora got its name

Mentors

Lil

Takeoff

Pennant race

Meet me at the fair

The mahatma of the midwest

Old Navy buddies

The war

Checks all over the bed

Jubilee

A visitor on the train

Best series ever

Boat-rocker

Stanley the scout

The strike that never happened

Stanley and the kid

The big three

Bad air

Family life

Day off in Chicago

Prime time

Stanley gives an interview

Temper, temper

And some bad times

On the hustings

Better pants

When the times changed

Old folks

Fender bender

Retirement

Stanley runs the team

Hometown

Stanley goes to a reunion

The Polish connection

The face in the crowd

Stanley's statues

More funerals

Upstaged again

Here he comes now.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-375) and index.

ISBN:

9780345517067

0345517067

9780345526441

0345526449

OCLC:

676726668