Joe DiMaggio : the long vigil / Jerome Charyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Charyn, Jerome.

Series:

Icons of America.

Icons of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999.

DiMaggio, Joe.

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the New York Yankees' star centerfielder from 1936 to 1951, Joe DiMaggio is enshrined in America's memory as the epitome in sports of grace, dignity, and that ineffable quality called "class." But his career after retirement, starting with his nine-month marriage to Marilyn Monroe, was far less auspicious. Writers like Gay Talese and Richard Ben Cramer have painted the private DiMaggio as cruel or self-centered. Now, Jerome Charyn restores the image of this American icon, looking at DiMaggio's life in a more sympathetic light. DiMaggio was a man of extremes, superbly talented on the field but privately insecure, passive, and dysfunctional. He never understood that for Monroe, on her own complex and tragic journey, marriage was a career move; he remained passionately committed to her throughout his life. He allowed himself to be turned into a sports memorabilia money machine. In the end, unable to define any role for himself other than "Greatest Living Ballplayer," he became trapped in "a horrible kind of minutia." But where others have seen little that was human behind that minutia, Charyn in Joe DiMaggio presents the tragedy of one of American sports' greatest figures.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chronology

Prologue: Pinocchio In Pinstripes

One. "Our National Exaggeration"

Two. The Walloping Wop

Three. Joltin'Joe And The Ghost Of Lou Gehrig

Four. "C'Mon, Joe, Talk To Me"

Five. The Wounded Warrior

Six. The Princess Of Yankee Stadium

Seven. Mr. Marilyn Monroe

Eight. "Bigger Than The Statue Of Liberty"

Nine. The Greatest Living Ballplayer

Ten. The Biggest Fan Of Them All

Finale: An Outfielder's Sky

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-159) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-17266-4

OCLC:

923595606