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Traces the life and career of one of baseball's greatest players, from his childhood in a predominantly white neighborhood and his heroics at the plate to his relationships with some of the sport's most powerful figures.
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“Dayn Perry, a damn fine writer, brings an insightful, fresh analysis to the career of Mr. October.”—Peter Golenbock, author of George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire FoxSports.com baseball analyst and author of Winners: How Good Baseball Teams Become Great Ones, Dayn Perry brings us Reggie Jackson in all his glory—a thrilling, in-depth biography of the controversial New York Yankee slugger. A monumental sports story filled with such stellar baseball names as George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, Jim “Catfish” Hunter, Thurman Munson, and Bucky Dent, Reggie Jackson is the first to cover the entire career of the colorful, outspoken athlete whom The Sporting News listed as one of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players of all time.
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