Orem Library

Chronicles the story of the legendary baseball star, his favorite bat, Betsy Ann, and the longest hitting streak in baseball history, which united the country on the brink of World War II.

Fighting loneliness, an orphan and an elderly woman join a traveling circus.

Joe DiMaggio was, at every turn, one man we could look at who made us feel good. In the hard-knuckled thirties, he was the immigrant boy who made it bigand spurred the New York Yankees to a new era of dynasty. He was the Yankee Clipper, the icon of elegance, the man who wooed and won Marilyn Monroethe most beautiful girl America could dream up. Joe DiMaggio was a mirror of our best self. And he was also the loneliest hero we ever had....

The 1947 World Series was Jackie Robinson's first Series, a postwar spectacle, the first televised World Series. Sportswriters called it 'Electric October.' The outcome hinged on six players: Bill Bevens, a journeyman who knocked on the door of pitching immortality; Al Gionfriddo and Cookie Lavagetto, who came off the bench to play key roles for the Dodgers; Snuffy Stirnweiss, a wartime batting champ who never got any respect; and managers Bucky Harris...

"The baseball legend, Joe DiMaggio's picture book biography"-- A tribute to the golden-era baseball star traces his upbringing as a fourth-generation Italian in San Francisco while describing the influences that the Depression, World War II and his proud father made on his history-making career. --Publisher's description.