Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend.

HIRSCH, James S. [Willie Mays].

$600.00

Item Number: 145366

New York: Scribner, 2010.

First edition of this definitive biography authorized by Willie Mays and written by Wall Street Journal and New York Times journalist James Hirsch. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Willie Mays on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jason J. Heuer. Author photograph by Bill O’Connell. Rare and desirable signed.

"Willie Mays is one of the most captivating figures in baseball history. Play after play, year after year, he thrilled us with his unmatched combination of speed and power, skill and daring. Hirsch tells us Willie's compelling story, from his humblest of upbringings in Alabama to his rise, in the face of immense prejudice, to become one of Major League Baseball's early African American players to his becoming an enduring American icon as the 'Say Hey Kid.' I love Willie Mays because he played his game and lives his life with more than talent - he has the mind and heart of a champion" (President Bill Clinton).