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Peter King recommends THE LAST BOY for Father’s Day
"The Father's Day Book Section. It's come to my attention that America doesn't read anymore. I know I certainly fall within that category. For that reason, I'm expanding the book recommendations of the past few Father's Days to a beefier list with longer explanations...
Jane Leavy to Serve on Baseball Origins Committee Panel
John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball, will serve as chairman of the "Baseball Origins Committee" as his first official task in his new capacity, Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced today. Major League Baseball has established an...
Me and Dave Smith
Dave Smith--the guru of Retrosheet--joins me for a photo at the SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) meeting on Saturday in Rosslyn, VA
Bases Loaded at Steuben’s
on Madison Avenue
December 14 Talk and Signing at Harvard
Time’s Top Ten of 2010
The Last Boy was selected as the No. 4 best nonfiction book of 2010 Jane Leavy interviewed Mickey Mantle when she was a young sportswriter and he was a middle-aged alcoholic. He tried to feel her up; then he passed out. Leavy has now written a full-blown biography of...
Interview with Bill Littlefield on It’s Only A Game
For Jane Leavy, Mickey Mantle was a childhood hero. For young Bill Littlefield, Mantle was the second-best centerfielder in New York. Bill speaks to Leavy about her new biography of the Mick, The Last Boy, and shares his own memories of the troubled superstar. Click...
Upcoming Media Appearances: Larry King Live on 12/4, Only a Game with Bill Littlefield on NPR on 12/4 and others
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The Last Boy listed in NY Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2010
THE LAST BOY: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood. By Jane Leavy. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) Many biographies of Mantle have been written, but Leavy connects the dots in new and disturbing ways. Click here for full list
Prospectus Q&A. Part III
In Part III of this three-part interview, Jane Leavy, the author of The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood, talks about why Mantle fell short in the 1961 home-run chase, how his life was similar to Babe Ruth's, and the one question a...