Apr 8, 2012
John Williams asks books and sports staff members of the Times to share their favorite baseball books, fiction and nonfiction. Tyler Kepner lists Sandy Koufax and The Last Boy as masterpieces of their genre.
Jul 21, 2011
Steve Buckley of the Boston Herald shares his list of summer reads. His five picks include The Last Boyi: Virtually everyone who follows baseball (and a lot of people who don’t) has taken a course in Mickey Mantle 101: truly great baseball player, beset with...
Jul 5, 2011
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood This gripping tale of the American legend blends myth and fact to create a nuanced portrait of The Mick Ross Atkin | Christian Science Monitor | July 2, 2011 One wouldn’t think that in the...
Jun 7, 2011
“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...
Nov 26, 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
