Memories of the Mick : Baseball's Legend

Veteran New York sportswriter Maury Allen writes candidly of Mickey Mantle's luminous achievements, including being named the American League's MVP three times and hitting an astonishing 536 career home runs; of Mantle's uneasiness at being a national hero; of Mantle' long, eventually triumphant, struggle with alcoholism; and of Mantle's subsequent losing battle with liver cancer.