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Sandy Koufax

A Lefty's Legacy

Sandy Koufax( )
Author: Leavy, Jane
ISBN:978-0-06-019533-5
Publication Date:Jun 2002
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $50.00
Book Description:

In an era when too many heroes have been toppled from too many pedestals, Sandy Koufax stands apart and alone, a legend who declined his own celebrity. As a pitcher, he was sublime, the ace of baseball lore. As a human being, he aspired to be the one thing his talent and his fame wouldn't allow: a regular guy. A Brooklyn kid, he was the product of the sedate and modest fifties who came to define and dominate baseball in the sixties. In Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy, former...
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Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 x 2.616 cm
Book Weight:0.507 Kilograms
Author Biography
Leavy, Jane (Author)
Jane Leavy is an American writer who grew up on Long Island, New York. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Early in her career she was staff writer for womenSports and Self magazines. From 1979-1988 she worked for the Washington Post covering sports, and later the style section which included sports, politics, and pop culture. Her writing has also been published in The New York Times, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and other prominent publications.

Her books include Squeeze Play: A Novel, The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood, Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy, and The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created.

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