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Overview“The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed.... This is an absorbing book, beautifully written.” —Wall Street Journal “Leavy has hit it out of the park...A lot more than a biography. It’s a consideration of how we create our heroes, and how this hero’s self perception distinguishes him from nearly every other great athlete in living memory... a remarkably rich portrait.” — Time The instant New York Times bestseller about the baseball legend and famously reclusive Dodgers’ pitcher Sandy Koufax, from award-winning former Washington Post sportswriter Jane Leavy. Sandy Koufax reveals, for the first time, what drove the three-time Cy Young award winner to the pinnacle of baseball and then—just as quickly—into self-imposed exile. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jane LeavyPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: HarperCollins Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.268kg ISBN: 9780061779008ISBN 10: 0061779008 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 16 March 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsA baseball classic; the first in-depth reporting on the life and career of the Dodger icon.a must read. -- New York Daily News A baseball classic; the first in-depth reporting on the life and career of the Dodger icon a must read. --New York Daily News A baseball classic; the first in-depth reporting on the life and career of the Dodger icon...a must read. --New York Daily News An exhaustively researched study that paints an intriguing portrait of the famously reclusive Dodger pitcher. --Sports Illustrated A baseball classic; the first in-depth reporting on the life and career of the Dodger icon...a must read. --New York Daily News A perfect game of a book...Jane Leavy scatters the clouds of mythology to show us, after all these years, the man Koufax. --The Sporting News An exhaustively researched study that paints an intriguing portrait of the famously reclusive Dodger pitcher. --Sports Illustrated Leavy has hit it out of the park...A lot more than a biography. It's a consideration of how we create our heroes, and how this hero's self perception distinguishes him from nearly every other great athlete in living memory...a remarkably rich portrait. --Daniel Okrent, Time magazine Ms. Leavy has done a dizzying amount of reporting--more than 400 interviews--and Koufax doesn't just survive the scrutiny, he emerges from it larger than ever. . . Ms. Leavy humanizes her subject even as she demythologizes him. The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed...This is an absorbing book, beautifully written. --Jonathan Mahler, Wall Street Journal Author InformationJane Leavy is an award-winning former sportswriter and feature writer for the Washington Post. She is the author of Sandy Koufax and the comic novel Squeeze Play, called ""the best novel ever written about baseball"" by Entertainment Weekly. She lives in Washington, D.C. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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