Dinner with DiMaggio: Memories of an American Hero
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (546 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XX642QD |
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| Number of Pages | : | 109 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bill Emblom said One of the Best Baseball Books I Have Read This Year. Richard Ben Cramer wrote an unauthorized biography on Joe DiMaggio but this latest effort by Joe's friend Dr. Rock Positano and John Positano dwarfs anything previously written about the Yankee Clipper. DiMaggio first met the doctor and author when he had problems with his heel on his foot when Joe was still playing for the Yankees. They have been close friends since and Dr. Positano shares his many experiences the two of them shared over the next several decades. DiMaggio was a very private individual and his fastidious nature regarding protecting his image could prove to be a very trying experience for even the most patient individual. "Unique Insight Into A True American Icon" according to George Vecchione. While many know of Joe DiMaggio's record in baseball, this book by Rock Positano, reveals another side of this baseball icon. Rock fully captures what it was like to be accepted as Joe's friend after he successfully treated Joe.Living in New York, I am familiar with many of the restaurants referred to in this book, and I fully understand and appreciate the centrality of the dinner table as a place where friends gather to discuss important issues of the day. A most appropriate title for this riveting book. The book is filled with nuggets that remind those of us, who are of this era, what is really important in life.Congratulations to Dr.. A Great Read, A Touching Story You won't read a book this summer with more heart than this unlikely tale of true friendship between a doctor and his patient — who just happens to be the great Joe DiMaggio. If you're too young to remember the Yankee Clipper, this will take you into a world that adored DiMaggio for both his talent, which was enormous, and for his strength of character, which was unsurpassed. And, if you're like me, old enough to know, this is a trip down memory lane, complete with stories you never knew, that make you realize the great man really was the Last American Hero.It’s amazing now, in retrospect, to understand the breadth of popula
The real Joe DiMaggio, remembered by the man who knew him best in the last decade of his life - candid and little-known stories about icons from Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, and his Yankees teammates on the field to Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and other great celebrities off the field. At the pinnacle of his fame, DiMaggio had learned to be guarded and carefully managed his image and private life. Positano successfully treated the Yankee Clipper, a friendship slowly developed. This is DiMaggio as he really was: sometimes cranky and calculating but more often charming, generous, and loyal and always big-hearted when it came to kids. Positano became a surrogate son at a time when his actual son was suffering from substance-abuse problems. During the time Dr. Positano would learn, DiMaggio moved very carefully and deliberately. Dr. The Yankee Clipper's career-ending heel spur injury and botched surgeries brought them together. The Yankee Clipper knew everyone, and Positano shares never-before-told stories of famous people DiMaggio admired and those he didn't.