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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- Modified Item
- Yes
- Inscribed
- Yes
- Subjects
- Family, Parenting & Relations
- Personalized
- Yes
- Signed
- Yes
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9781600786969
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Triumph Books
ISBN-10
1600786960
ISBN-13
9781600786969
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111014738
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Publication Name
Willie Mays Aikens : Safe at Home
Language
English
Subject
Sports Medicine, Baseball / General, Sports
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-047434
Reviews
" Willie Mays Aikens: Safe at Home is far too complex to be regarded as just a baseball book. Gregory Jordan is a master storyteller, expertly weaving a narrative that is both fascinating and disturbing while ever mindful of the human spirit." Tom Verducci, senior writer at Sports Illustrated and coauthor, The Yankee Years, "Willie's story is an amazing one and one that we can all learn from. The fact that Willie was able to take the hard circumstances of his life and turn it into a compelling story and life lesson is wonderful. It is great to see him doing so much with his life after all of the adversity he has been through." Cal Ripken, Jr., Baseball Hall of Famer, "[A] gritty, fascinating and disturbing pieced-together story about...how an athletic career was taken down by drugs, but built back up by the forces of forgiveness." Tom Hoffarth's Los Angeles Daily News blog "Farther Off the Wall.", "In this age of slick pieties and specious beliefs, it's all too easy to be cynical about the redemptive power of faith. Greg Jordan's poignant story of Willie Mays Aikens' journey from stardom through self-destruction to recovery is a tale of justice and injustice, courage and perseverance and, finally, forgiveness and love." -Mark C. Taylor, Chair of the department of Religion, Columbia University, "Gregory Jordan has written a touching book about an old ballplayer who made mistakes but did not hide from them, and who paid a steep price but did not allow himself to become embittered. It is good to see that Willie Mays Aikens, who was given a name of baseball royalty, really did find his way home." --Joe Posnanski, senior writer at Sports Illustrated and author, The Machine, "Willie Aikens did a lot of bad things, and many bad things were done to him. But Greg Jordan's vivid and unsparing account of Aikens' tragic journey is heartfelt and, at last, even tender." --Frank Deford, author, Over Time: My Life as a Sports Writer, "Willie's story is an amazing one and one that we can all learn from. The fact that Willie was able to take the hard circumstances of his life and turn it into a compelling story and life lesson is wonderful. It is great to see him doing so much with his life after all of the adversity he has been through." -Cal Ripken, Jr., Baseball Hall of Famer, "The story is so gripping, and I became so attached to the people involved, that I hated for it to end." -Royals Heritage blog , "[A] gritty, fascinating and disturbing pieced-together story about...how an athletic career was taken down by drugs, but built back up by the forces of forgiveness." --Tom Hoffarth's Los Angeles Daily News blog "Farther Off the Wall.", " Willie Mays Aikens: Safe at Home is far too complex to be regarded as just a baseball book. Gregory Jordan is a master storyteller, expertly weaving a narrative that is both fascinating and disturbing while ever mindful of the human spirit." -Tom Verducci, senior writer at Sports Illustrated and coauthor, The Yankee Years, "Willie Aikens did a lot of bad things, and many bad things were done to him. But Greg Jordan's vivid and unsparing account of Aikens' tragic journey is heartfelt and, at last, even tender." Frank Deford, author, Over Time: My Life as a Sports Writer, "Willie Aikens did a lot of bad things, and many bad things were done to him. But Greg Jordan's vivid and unsparing account of Aikens' tragic journey is heartfelt and, at last, even tender." -Frank Deford, author, Over Time: My Life as a Sports Writer, "The story is so gripping, and I became so attached to the people involved, that I hated for it to end." Royals Heritage blog, "Gregory Jordan has written a touching book about an old ballplayer who made mistakes but did not hide from them, and who paid a steep price but did not allow himself to become embittered. It is good to see that Willie Mays Aikens, who was given a name of baseball royalty, really did find his way home." -Joe Posnanski, senior writer at Sports Illustrated and author, The Machine, " Willie Mays Aikens: Safe at Home is far too complex to be regarded as just a baseball book. Gregory Jordan is a master storyteller, expertly weaving a narrative that is both fascinating and disturbing while ever mindful of the human spirit." --Tom Verducci, senior writer at Sports Illustrated and coauthor, The Yankee Years, "In this age of slick pieties and specious beliefs, it's all too easy to be cynical about the redemptive power of faith. Greg Jordan's poignant story of Willie Mays Aikens' journey from stardom through self-destruction to recovery is a tale of justice and injustice, courage and perseverance and, finally, forgiveness and love." Mark C. Taylor, Chair of the department of Religion, Columbia University, "Some people have the good--or, more often, bad--fortune of living lives that reveal the larger human story. Greg Jordan certainly found one such character in Willie Mays Aikens, and then held on tight for years, to unearth--through a kind of fierce, reportorial empathy--every astonishing twist and step and slide. The result: an amazing tapestry of dream, nightmare and redemption, cheers and tears, marked 'America.'" --Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Confidence Men and A Hope in the Unseen, "In this age of slick pieties and specious beliefs, it's all too easy to be cynical about the redemptive power of faith. Greg Jordan's poignant story of Willie Mays Aikens' journey from stardom through self-destruction to recovery is a tale of justice and injustice, courage and perseverance and, finally, forgiveness and love." --Mark C. Taylor, Chair of the department of Religion, Columbia University, "[A] gritty, fascinating and disturbing pieced-together story about...how an athletic career was taken down by drugs, but built back up by the forces of forgiveness." -Tom Hoffarth's Los Angeles Daily News blog "Farther Off the Wall." , "Some people have the good-or, more often, bad-fortune of living lives that reveal the larger human story. Greg Jordan certainly found one such character in Willie Mays Aikens, and then held on tight for years, to unearth-through a kind of fierce, reportorial empathy-every astonishing twist and step and slide. The result: an amazing tapestry of dream, nightmare and redemption, cheers and tears, marked 'America.'" -Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and author of Confidence Men and A Hope in the Unseen, "Gregory Jordan has written a touching book about an old ballplayer who made mistakes but did not hide from them, and who paid a steep price but did not allow himself to become embittered. It is good to see that Willie Mays Aikens, who was given a name of baseball royalty, really did find his way home." Joe Posnanski, senior writer at Sports Illustrated and author, The Machine, "Some people have the goodor, more often, badfortune of living lives that reveal the larger human story. Greg Jordan certainly found one such character in Willie Mays Aikens, and then held on tight for years, to unearththrough a kind of fierce, reportorial empathyevery astonishing twist and step and slide. The result: an amazing tapestry of dream, nightmare and redemption, cheers and tears, marked 'America.'" Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and author of Confidence Men and A Hope in the Unseen, "Willie's story is an amazing one and one that we can all learn from. The fact that Willie was able to take the hard circumstances of his life and turn it into a compelling story and life lesson is wonderful. It is great to see him doing so much with his life after all of the adversity he has been through." --Cal Ripken, Jr., Baseball Hall of Famer, "The story is so gripping, and I became so attached to the people involved, that I hated for it to end." --Royals Heritage blog
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
An intimate portrait of a tortured player, this biography culls interviews, letters, and the personal account of baseball legend Willie Mays Aikens. Touted from a young age as the next Reggie Jackson, Aikens' promising career quickly turned disastrous when he fell into drug abuse and was ultimately sentenced to the longest prison sentence ever given to a professional athlete in a drug case. Not only an exploration of baseball and culture in the 1980s, this book also delves into the United States justice and penal systems.
LC Classification Number
GV865.A3J67 2012
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