The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times by Travers, Steven

The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781589796607)

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Format: Hardcover
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The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times by Travers, Steven

The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times

$24.95
The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times by Travers, Steven

The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times

$24.95
Format: Hardcover
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In early 1969, New York City and all it represented was in disarray: politically, criminally, and athletically. But while Simon and Garfunkel lamented the absence of a sports icon like Joe DiMaggio, a modern Lancelot rode forth to lead the New York Mets to heights above and beyond all sports glory.

This book tells the complete, unvarnished story of the great Tom Seaver, that rarest of all American heroes, the New York Sports Icon. In a city that produces not mere mortals but sports gods, Seaver represented the last of a breed. His deeds, his times, his town--it was part of a vanishing era, an era of innocence. In 1969, six years after John F. Kennedy's assassination, Seaver and the Mets were the last gasp of idealism before free agency, Watergate, and cynicism. Here is the story of "Tom Terrific" of the "Amazin' Mets," a man worthy of a place alongside DiMaggio, Ruth, Mantle, and Namath in the pantheon of New York idols.

Author: Steven Travers
ISBN-10: 1589796608
ISBN-13: 9781589796607
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2011
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.40w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 11/15/2011 pg. 8
Publishers Weekly 11/28/2011
By Steven Travers
By Steven Travers
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Steven Travers is a USC graduate and ex-professional baseball player. He is the author of the best-selling Barry Bonds: Baseball's Superman, nominated for a Casey Award (Best Baseball Book of 2002). He is also the author of The USC Trojans: College Football's All-Time Greatest Dynasty and One Night, Two Teams: Alabama vs. USC and the Game that Changed the Nation. He lives in San Anselmo, California.

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