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Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil (Icons of America) by Charyn, Jerome is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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This riveting study of Joe DiMaggio offers a more sympathetic look at his life beyond the baseball field, a reversal of how the legendary sports icon has been portrayed in recent years As the New York Yankees' star centerfielder from 1936 to 1951, Joe DiMaggio is enshrined in America's memory as the epitome in sports of grace, dignity, and that ineffable quality called "class." But his career after retirement, starting with his nine-month marriage to Marilyn Monroe, was far less auspicious. Writers like Gay Talese and Richard Ben Cramer have painted the private DiMaggio as cruel or self-centered. Now, Jerome Charyn restores the image of this American icon, looking at DiMaggio's life in a more sympathetic light. DiMaggio was a man of extremes, superbly talented on the field but privately insecure, passive, and dysfunctional. He never understood that for Monroe, on her own complex and tragic journey, marriage was a career move; he remained passionately committed to her throughout his life. He allowed himself to be turned into a sports memorabilia money machine. In the end, unable to define any role for himself other than "Greatest Living Ballplayer," he became trapped in "a horrible
Who reads Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil (Icons of America)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charyn, Jerome
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300172669
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.61 / 5 (43 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13