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Musial: From Stash to Stan the Man
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #716531 in Books
- Published on: 2001-03-01
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 1.36 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 368 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
At Stan Musial's retirement ceremony, former baseball commissioner Ford Frick called the Cardinal standout "baseball's perfect warrior...baseball's perfect knight." That was a reasonable assessment of a man who was a career .331 hitter with some pop (and a single-season high of 39 home runs); who tirelessly signed autographs; who carefully concealed his occasional smoking, drinking, and off-color storytelling not to market an image but because he realized that he was a role model; and who took voluntary pay cuts in his declining years. Yet because of his low-key style and because he spent all of his 22-year career with St. Louis, a city that was away from the media glare and that for more than the last decade of his career failed to field a championship-caliber team, Musial usually took a back seat to such contemporaries as the prince of cool, Joe DiMaggio, and the controversial, sometimes obstreperous Ted Williams. And so it will probably be with historian Giglio's biography a good book (though perhaps a bit scholarly for the average fan) about a good man and player but one that will not make hearts race and may be widely overlooked. Recommended for medium to large public libraries. Jim Burns, Ottumwa P.L., IA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
“Musial was and still is the most beloved Cardinal. Here’s the full story of how one of the best sluggers and nicest guys in baseball history won both ballgames and the hearts of St. Louis fans.”—USA TODAY Baseball Weekly
“Musial should stand as the definitive biography of the great St. Louis Cardinal first baseman-outfielder. . . . Written by a leading historian of 20th-century America, this volume offers a fine examination of its subject and his era. . . . The research for this book is impeccable.”—Choice
“Stan Musial has had millions of words written about him, but nothing compares to this in-depth study of the person and his accomplishments. Giglio spent several years researching the available printed and manuscript sources and interviewed and corresponded with countless ballplayers, family members, and friends representing Musial’s entire history. He has dealt with both myth and reality and shed light on aspects of Musial’s life ignored or overlooked by previous biographers.”—Missouri Historical Review
“Giglio’s book allows us to see Musial as a more interesting person than [the one who] comes out of the much simpler and familiar legend, more complex than a one-dimensional figure. That, in turn, makes Musial’s accomplishments, both on the field and off, all the more remarkable.”—Cardinals Magazine
“This biography is an excellent example of solid and thorough research, smooth and lively writing, and critical analysis. Giglio has produced an intelligent baseball biography that offers much to historians of twentieth-century America.”—Journal of American History
About the Author
James N. Giglio is Distinguished Professor of History at Missouri State University in Springfield. He is the author of several books, including The Presidency of John F. Kennedy.
