Lefty
An American Odyssey
An intimate portrait of a man whose life off the field was equally as captivating as his unparalleled baseball career.-Yankees Magazine Born into a small-town California ranching family, Vernon Lefty Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular personality across America to the dugout of the New York Yankees. Lefty baffled hitters with his blazing fastball, establishing himself as the team's ace. Now, drawing on countless conversations with Lefty, more than three hundred interviews conducted with his family, friends, competitors, and teammates over the course of a decade, and revealing candid photos, documents, and film clips-many never shown…
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Weitere Autoren: Goldstone, Lawrence
- ISBN: 978-0-345-52649-6
- EAN: 9780345526496
- Produktnummer: 18231138
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 432 S.
Über den Autor
Vernona Gomez is the daughter of June O'Dea and Vernon Lefty Gomez. As a child, she bounced on Babe Ruth's knee, made sand castles on the beach with Joe DiMaggio, and won at cards with the legendary Cy Young. Growing up in a baseball family, Vernona brings an eyewitness account to the adventures chronicled in this book. She is a concert pianist, owner of the Creative Coaching Music Studio in Southport, Connecticut, and has two sons, John and Andrew. Lawrence Goldstone is the author or co-author of thirteen previous books of fiction and nonfiction. One of his novels won a New American Writing Award, another was a New York Times notable mystery. His work has been profiled in The New York Times, The Toronto Star, Salon, and Slate, among others. He lives in Fairfield, Connecticut, with his wife and daughter.
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