A revealing account of the great Baseball Hall of Famer Joe
DiMaggio from the man who knew him best in the last ten years of
his life--"a rare, intimate portrait...that pries open Joltin'
Joe's perpetually buttoned-up privacy" (The New York Times) with
stories about the Yankees, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Marilyn
Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and other celebrities.In 1990, Dr. Rock
Positano, a thirty-two-year-old foot and ankle specialist, met Joe
DiMaggio. Despite the forty years between them, an unlikely
friendship developed after the doctor successfully treated the
baseball champ's heel spur injury. Joe mentored Rock but came to
rely on his young friend to show him a good time in New York, the
town that made him a legend. In time, the famously reserved
DiMaggio opened up to Dr. Positano and talked about his joys, his
disappointments, and his sorrows as he reflected on his
extraordinary life. The stories and experiences he shared with Dr.
Positano comprise an intimate portrait of one of the great stars of
baseball and icon of the twentieth century. "Readers do not have to
be baseball fans to be captivated by this memoir, which explores
such universal themes as friendship, celebrity, aging, and
mortality" (Library Journal, starred review). DiMaggio was a
complicated figure--sometimes demanding, sometimes big-hearted,
always impeccable, loyal, and a true stand-up guy. This memoir of a
decade-long friendship reveals the very private DiMaggio as "a
wholly human portrait of an American icon navigating his way
through an adoring yet relentlessly demanding public" (Booklist,
starred review), while serving up illuminating stories and rare
insights about the people in his life, including his teammates,
Muhammad Ali, Sandy Koufax, Woody Allen, and many more.
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