56., Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports, Kostya Kennedy, MP3
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56., Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports, Kostya Kennedy, MP3
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eng
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Main title
56.
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Kostya Kennedy
Sub title
Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports
Summary
On a May afternoon at Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio lined a hard single to leftfield. It was the quiet beginning to the most resonant baseball achievement of all time. Starting that day, the vaunted Yankee centerfielder kept on hitting--at least one hit in game after game after game. In the summer of 1941, as Nazi forces moved relentlessly across Europe and young American men were drafted by the millions, it seemed only a matter of time before the U.S. went to war. The nation was apprehensive. Yet for two months in that tense summer, America was captivated by DiMaggio's astonishing hitting streak. In 56, Kostya Kennedy tells the remarkable story of how the streak found its way into countless lives. Joe DiMaggio emerges in a previously unseen light, a 26-year-old on the cusp of becoming an icon. He comes alive--a driven ballplayer, a mercurial star, and a conflicted husband--as the tension and the scrutiny upon him build with each passing day
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Fifty-six
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MP3