The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams by Bradlee, Ben
The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams by Bradlee, Ben

The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams

From acclaimed journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. comes the epic biography of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams...
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The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams by Bradlee, Ben

The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams

$59.02
The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams by Bradlee, Ben

The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams

$59.02
Author: Ben Bradlee
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
From acclaimed journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. comes the epic biography of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams that baseball fans have been waiting for.

Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. His batting average of .406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more than 500 home runs has a higher career batting average. Those totals would have been even higher if Williams had not left baseball for nearly five years in the prime of his career to serve as a Marine pilot in WWII and Korea. He hit home runs farther than any player before him -- and traveled a long way himself, as Ben Bradlee, Jr.'s grand biography reveals. Born in 1918 in San Diego, Ted would spend most of his life disguising his Mexican heritage. During his 22 years with the Boston Red Sox, Williams electrified crowds across America -- and shocked them, too: His notorious clashes with the press and fans threatened his reputation. Yet while he was a God in the batter's box, he was profoundly human once he stepped away from the plate. His ferocity came to define his troubled domestic life. While baseball might have been straightforward for Ted Williams, life was not.

The Kid is biography of the highest literary order, a thrilling and honest account of a legend in all his glory and human complexity. In his final at-bat, Williams hit a home run. Bradlee's marvelous book clears the fences, too.

Author: Ben Bradlee
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 12/02/2014
Pages: 864
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9780316067416


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 01/25/2015 pg. 24

About the Author
Ben Bradlee Jr. is the author of the critically acclaimed The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams (2013) among other books. Bradlee spent 25 years with The Boston Globe as a reporter and editor. As deputy managing editor, he oversaw the Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church from July 2001 to August 2002. Bradlee lives with his wife outside Boston.
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