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A revealing biography on the last .400 hitter in baseball.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Chronology of Ted Williams' Life and Career Introduction The Boyhood of a Hall of Famer The Pro Game Donning the Sox War First, Baseball a Distant Second Back to Baseball War is Hell-Part Two Controversy Replaces Comeback A Final Season Beyond the Ball Field The Managerial Chair Managing the Sophomore Jinx Mr. Williams, Meet Mr. McLain The Lonely Ranger Retirement, Respect, and Requiem for a Legend Appendix: Ted Williams' Career and World Series Statistics Bibliography Index

About the Author

BRUCE MARKUSEN was the Manager of Programs at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York from 1994 to 2004. He is the author of Baseball's Last Dynasty: Charlie Finley's Oakland A's (which won the prestigious Seymour Award from the Society for American Baseball Research), Roberto Clemente, and The Orlando Cepeda Story. For the Hall of Fame, he has written numerous articles for publication, edited the Hall of Fame's Yearbook and quarterly newsletter, narrated Hall of Fame video productions, and interviewed most of the current living Hall inductees. Markusen is the regularly featured co-host (along with ESPN's Billy Sample) of the Hall of Fame Hour on MLB Radio.

Reviews

?[A] top pick for high school to college-level collections....[s]ure to be a lasting reference of the top baseball hitter.?-MBR Internet Bookwatch/The Bookwatch

"ÝA¨ top pick for high school to college-level collections....Ýs¨ure to be a lasting reference of the top baseball hitter."-MBR Internet Bookwatch/The Bookwatch

"[A] top pick for high school to college-level collections....[s]ure to be a lasting reference of the top baseball hitter."-MBR Internet Bookwatch/The Bookwatch