The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
by Jane Leavy
Jane Leavy’s The Last Boy presents Mickey Mantle as both a baseball figure and a symbol of an American era. The book explores Mantle’s enduring place in sports and culture while reflecting on the broader meaning of childhood, celebrity, and change.
About This Book
The Last Boy is a biography of Mickey Mantle by Jane Leavy.
The book focuses on Mantle’s place in baseball and in American life.
Through its subject, it considers the cultural meaning of a major sports figure and the idea of America’s childhood coming to an end.
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