Mickey and Willie, Allen Barra
Mickey and Willie, Allen Barra
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Mickey and Willie
Mantle and Mays, The Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age

Author: Allen Barra

Narrator: Andrew Garman

Unabridged: 16 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/14/2013


Synopsis

Allen Barra is a contributing editor of American Heritage magazine and a widely acclaimed sportswriter. In Mickey and Willie, Barra reveals the surprising commonalities of two of the most heralded baseball players of the 20th century. Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays had vastly different backgrounds. But when it came to baseball, they possessed surprisingly similar athletic abilities, played the same position, and shared a close friendship unknown to many.

About Allen Barra

Allen Barra is the bestselling author of The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant. His writing appears regularly in the Wall Street Journal, the Village Voice, Playboy, Interview, and Salon. He lives in South Orange, New Jersey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin

There have been many bios written about Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle but Allen Barra, the author of this one had a great idea ; since the two were so often compared why not write a bio about the both of them, comparing their upbringings, their playing careers, and their retirement years ? These wer......more

Goodreads review by Melanie

The topic is interesting - taking two famous ballplayers and comparing their lives. I am still learning about many of the greats of baseball. Growing up not far from Commerce, OK I have always known the name Mickey Mantel even thought I do not come from a baseball family. I really didn't know anythi......more

Goodreads review by Eric

Probably not the definitive biography of either ballplayer, since there are plenty of biographies and "autobiographies" that focus on one or the other, but this certainly cover the bases (no pun intended), in a different way. Because, interestingly, they had parallel careers and lives --- both born......more

Goodreads review by Don

Really enjoyed reading this book. Barra does a good job of writing in an integrated fashion, jumping back and forth between the lives of Mantle and Mays highlights his subtitle of parallel their lives were. The book isn't in depth as it could be, but what was fascinating to me what seeing Barra alte......more