A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle by Johnny Smith, Randy Roberts

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle Author: Johnny Smith, Randy Roberts Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 season Mickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland. In A Season in the Sun, acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith recount the defining moment of Mantle's legendary career: 1956, when he overcame a host of injuries and critics to become the most celebrated athlete of his time. Taking us from the action on the diamond to Mantle's off-the-field exploits, Roberts and Smith depict Mantle not as an ideal role model or a bitter alcoholic, but a complex man whose faults were smoothed over by sportswriters eager to keep the truth about sports heroes at bay. An incisive portrait of an American icon, A Season in the Sun is an essential work for baseball fans and anyone interested in the 1950s.