Yogi: The Autobiography of a Professional Baseball Player.

BERRA, Yogi and Ed Fitzgerald.

Item Number: 133122

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961.

First edition of the autobiography of one of America’s all-time baseball greats. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best Wishes Yogi Berra.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket Kodachrome by Hy Peskin. A very sharp example.

Yogi: The Autobiography of a Professional Baseball Player tells the true story of one of America's greatest baseball players. Beginning with his childhood in the Italian section of St. Louis, Yogi tells of his determination to be a baseball player despite his parents' protests that he could make good money as a laborer, his early and tough years in the minors, his eventual entrance into the majors, and the fantastic success he has enjoyed with the Yankees. Here is the excitement of the important games he participated in, which of course includes eleven World Series; the behind-the-scenes activities in the dug-out, on the road, in the field - including many play-by-play descriptions. More than just a story of a baseball player, it is the colorful story of a tough, warmhearted little guy, beloved by fans throughout the country.