Being a native of the Bronx and growing up within walking distance of The House That Ruth Built I have always been a Yankee fan. Having been born in 1950 and being conscious of the Yankees at around age 4 "The Mick" was my idol. Having exhausted every piece of literature about Mantle I am always looking for other books on the subject of the Yankees.

Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's life by Ben Cramer satisfied my post season baseball jones beyond my expectations.I like so many of my generation grew up hearing much about the players before Mantle, Arod, Jeter etc. There reputations and statistics are easy to research and confirm what made them great. With this book you not only get a feel for the magnificence of DiMaggio's skills on the ball field but also for the person. He really was just a guy trying to live his life under extreme circumstances, as an excellent ball player and as a national treasure. Neither one of these was handled by him easily. There was really no precedent so there was no blue print as to how he should act.

I liked this book very much *****