A Hero All His Life: Merlyn, Mickey Jr., David, and Dan Mantle A Memoir by the Mantle Family
Language: English
Published by Harpercollins, 1996
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
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Signed by Merlyn and Danny Mantle. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Like new. Appears as unused and unread.
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- Title
- A Hero All His Life: Merlyn, Mickey Jr., David, and Dan Mantle A Memoir by the Mantle Family
- Author
- Mantle, Merlyn;Mantle, Mickey E.;Mantle, David;Mantle, Daniel
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Like New
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Signed
- Signed by Authors
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0060183632
- ISBN 13
- 9780060183639
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 18 ounces
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7
Merlyn Mantle takes the reader from the early days of her courtship with Mickey through his stellar baseball career and her life as the wife of our first national sports hero, candidly discussing the alcoholism and rampant infidelities that would plague their lives together. In an unvarnished look at the events that led to their many dislocations, the death of their son Billy, and her own private anguish that she shared with no one, Merlyn discusses with unbridled candor how, despite the many trials through which they suffered, their basic love and connection to each other remained unshakable through the years.
Interweaved with Merlyn's story are her sons' vivid accounts of their lives growing up with an emotionally and physically absent father. They reflect on the peculiar difficulties of desperately seeking the approval of a man whom they dearly loved but whose struggles with alcoholism, coupled with the demands of being a hero to a nation, created emotional chasms that were not bridged until the last years of his life. Finally, in an inspirational story of recovery, they tell how they all courageously battled alcoholism during Mantle's final years, ultimately overcoming the disease with the help of the Betty Ford Center.
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