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The author of The Presidency of John F. Kennedy offers readers the most comprehensive account of baseball legend Stan Musial, describing his youth in Depression-era Pennsylvania, record-breaking baseball career with the Cardinals, World War II military service, and personal life.
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In the most comprehensive assessment of baseball legend Stan Musial's life and career to date, James N. Giglio places the St. Louis Cardinal star within the context of the times-the Great Depression and wartime and postwar America-and the issues then prevalent in professional baseball, particularly race and the changing economics of the game. Giglio illuminates how the times shaped Musial and delves further into his popular image as a warm, unfailingly gracious role model known for good sportsmanship and devotion to family.
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