| Description |
xxv, 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-320) and index. |
| Contents |
Setting the scene -- The Mantle migration: from England to Missouri -- Life in a new land: Oklahoma -- Farmed out: from Spavinaw to the Tri-State -- Ottawa County in the 1930s -- Douthat: the first innings of organized baseball -- The World War II years: backyard baseball -- Commerce High School and a near-amputation -- 1947: the Baxter Springs Whiz Kids -- 1948: the Commerce Comet takes off -- Walter A. "Barney" Barnett, Sr.: a major influence -- Recollections from Mantle's early friends and associates -- 1949: a contract is signed -- 1949: the first innings of professional baseball -- 1949: the Independence Yankees -- 1950: the Joplin Miners: spring training -- 1950: the Western Association pennant race. |
| Subject |
Mantle, Mickey, 1931-1995.
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
1585973173 |
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9781585973170 |
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