56 : Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports / Kostya Kennedy.

Recounts Joe DiMaggio's streak during the summer of 1941 and how it found its way into countless lives.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kennedy, Kostya
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Sports Illustrated Books, c2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • A single swing
  • One day in May
  • Perfect, imperfect
  • The Italian
  • Big brother
  • America's voice
  • A pair of Sox
  • The loss
  • The view from here : Thinking can be dangerous
  • Like a bullet
  • Seeing Rapid Robert
  • Just that way
  • The fight
  • The view from here : Everybody needs a little luck
  • Something inside
  • Mrs. Joe
  • Next to Lefty
  • Not his alone
  • The view from here : The way of all streaks
  • The street
  • An ornery offering
  • Bedlam
  • Now, Wee Willie
  • Aglow
  • The view from here : The challenger, Pete Rose
  • American beauty
  • Ascended
  • They didn't know then
  • Cleveland
  • And the streak goes on forever
  • The view from here : What are the odds?