Books by Jane Leavy
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review 1: I didn't like this as much as other Mantle books I have read it just didn't read well. The author takes 10 important dates or events in Mick’s career and then builds around it. Some chapters like the hunting for the guy who found the ball Mickey hit out of Griffith stadium are...
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review 1: Although I'm not a huge baseball fan to begin with, I thought this might be a chance to learn about an American icon. This book drug on forever and told very little about the person. Seemed like the author just couldn't get enough details in about how far he hit one ball or ano...
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review 1: Anytime you read a collection of writing as take place in the variety of Best American writings each year you are going to find stories that you love and some that you are not so enamored of. In reading this 2011 collection edited by Jane Leavy I found some stories that were simp...