{"product_id":"the-last-icon-steven-travers-9781589796607","title":"The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Travers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589796608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589796607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor Trade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2011 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/28\/2011","brand":"Steven Travers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065725038847,"sku":"9781589796607","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f272572c-e77f-4bb4-915f-14d3bcbe3fa8.jpg?v=1768676845","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-icon-steven-travers-9781589796607","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}