Howard Bryant is the author of"Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston, "which was a finalist for the Society for American Baseball Research's 2003 Seymour Medal, and" Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball. "He is a senior writer for""ESPN.com and" ESPN the Magazine"; appears regularly on ESPN's "The Sports Reporters, ESPN First Take, "and" Outside the Lines"; and serves as sports correspondent for NPR's" Weekend Edition Saturday. "He lives in western Massachusetts.""
"Just when it seemed as if all the great baseball subjects had been
done, Howard Bryant checks in with this biography of Henry
Aaron...Bryant is a great writer for a great subject...Mr. Aaron's
story is the epic baseball tale of the second half of the 20th
century."
"--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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"Beautifully written and culturally important...tells the Aaron
story with gusto and a ferocious sweep."
"--The Washington Post"
"Brawny..."The Last Hero" had the forceful sweep of a well-struck
essay as much as that of a first-rate biography."
"--The New York Times
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"A must read for baseball fans of every generation."
--Booklist
"One of Howard Bryant's mentors, the late David Halberstam,
encouraged him to 'bring those great Henry Aaron wrists to life, '
and he has done that and more with this marvelous book. Wrists,
legs, heart, brain--here is the full picture of a great man and
ballplayer who finally gets his due."
--David Maraniss, author of" Clemente"
"An eye-opening biography of the Braves' outfielder, the real
home-run king...Baseball's tainted steroid era has, if anything,
bestowed an even brighter shine to Aaron's on-field achievements,
but Bryant makes clear that this slugger's story was always about
more than merely overcoming blazing fastballs. Plentyof baseball
for the fan, but even more insight into why Aaron matters beyond
the game."
-"Kirkus Reviews
""I loved baseball books as a child. This is a baseball book for
adults, the story of a gifted, complex man and his struggles in our
complex country. This is a fascinating and at times a troubling
book, which revivified the lovely old game for me."
-Tracy Kidder, author of "Mountains Beyond Mountains
""We already know Henry Aaron as one of the greatest players in the
history of baseball. Now, in Howard Bryant's impeccably researched
and nuanced biography, we know Henry Aaron not just as a great
ballplayer, but as a remarkable man. In "The L
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