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Synopsis
Traces the baseball legend's initial signing as a teenager with the Boston Red Sox in 1938, his record-setting batting averages that remained unchallenged for more than sixty years, his two-time service as a fighter pilot, and his love-hate relationship with fans and the media.
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"It is unlikely that any reader could view Ted Williams as just a ballplayer ever again." --" New York Times Book Review"
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"Exceptional. Montville on Ted Williams is can't-miss, one of America's best sportswriters weighing in on one of the last century's most intriguing figures. A great read." --"Chicago Tribune"
"Leigh Montville reaches a threshold even the mighty Williams could never touch: perfection. The beauty of Montville's work is that it is not a baseball book, per se, so much as the life and times of an oft perplexing, always fascinating man." --"Newsday"
"A comprehensive look at a gargantuan life." --"People"
" It is unlikely that any reader could view Ted Williams as just a ballplayer ever again." -- " New York Times Book Review"
" "
" Exceptional. Montville on Ted Williams is can' t-miss, one of America's best sportswriters weighing in on one of the last century's most intriguing figures. A great read." -- "Chicago Tribune"
" Leigh Montville reaches a threshold even the mighty Williams could never touch: perfection. The beauty of Montville's work is that it is not a baseball book, per se, so much as the life and times of an oft perplexing, always fascinating man." -- "Newsday"
" A comprehensive look at a gargantuan life." -- "People"
"It is unlikely that any reader could view Ted Williams as just a ballplayer ever again." --" New York Times Book Review"
" "
"Exceptional. Montville on Ted Williams is can't-miss, one of America's best sportswriters weighing in on one of the last century's most intriguing figures. A great read." --"Chicago Tribune"
"Leigh Montville reaches a threshold even the mighty Williams could never touch: perfection. The beauty of Montville's work is that it is not a baseball book, per se, so much as the life and times of an oft perplexing, always fascinating man." --"Newsday"
"A comprehensive look at a gargantuan life." --"People"
It is unlikely that any reader could view Ted Williams as just a ballplayer ever again. " New York Times Book Review"
""
Exceptional. Montville on Ted Williams is can t-miss, one of America s best sportswriters weighing in on one of the last century s most intriguing figures. A great read. "Chicago Tribune"
Leigh Montville reaches a threshold even the mighty Williams could never touch: perfection. The beauty of Montville s work is that it is not a baseball book, per se, so much as the life and times of an oft perplexing, always fascinating man. "Newsday"
A comprehensive look at a gargantuan life. "People""
It is unlikely that any reader could view Ted Williams as just a ballplayer ever again. New York Times Book Review
Exceptional. Montville on Ted Williams is can t-miss, one of America s best sportswriters weighing in on one of the last century s most intriguing figures. A great read. Chicago Tribune
Leigh Montville reaches a threshold even the mighty Williams could never touch: perfection. The beauty of Montville s work is that it is not a baseball book, per se, so much as the life and times of an oft perplexing, always fascinating man. Newsday
A comprehensive look at a gargantuan life. People
About the Author
Leigh Montville, former sports columnist at the Boston Globe and former senior writer at Sports Illustrated, is the author of the best-selling At The Altar of Speed: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of Dale Earnhardt. He lives with his family in the same area code as Fenway Park.
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0385507488
- ISBN 13 9780385507486
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages528
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