News
Jane Leavy’s ‘The Last Boy’ digs deep into Mickey Mantle’s past, dispels myths about Yankee slugger
Daily News: “She crafts a compelling account of who Mantle was and what made him tick.” Excerpts of the book run in Daily News beginning Wednesday, October 13
Mantle biography hits for the cycle
The Last Boy review by Bob Hoover in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Last Boy Reviewed on Salon.com
Allen Barra: “‘The Last Boy’ goes further than any biography yet in capturing the baseball legend — and the mess he became”
The Mick in SI
Read The Last Boy excerpt in the October 11 Sports Illustrated. On newsstands now
Book Review on BaseballAmerica.com
James Bailey: “Leavy wasn’t looking to shock anyone with Mantle’s exploits. What she hoped to do, and does, was humanize him.”
The Medium Is the Ball Game
The Last Boy featured in October 4th Publishers Weekly.
Richard Sandomir on baseball fiction
From Richard Sandomir’s review of Stephen King’s new baseball novella, “Blockade Billy”
10 Best Bronx Bombers of All Time
Jane Leavy quoted in FOXsports.com article. April 30, 2010
Chicago Tribue Praise for Jane Leavy
in Julia Keller’s “Why Sportswriters Rock” | Chicago Tribue | April 4, 2010
Q & A with Bronx Banter Blog
Bronx Banter Blog Interview with Alex Belth about Jane’s books, SANDY KOUFAX and SQUEEZE PLAY.