Joe DiMaggio - The Yankee Clipper
- ISBN-10
- 889991401X
- ISBN-13
- 9788899914011
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-08-13
- Publisher
- Edizioni Savine
- Author
- Gene Schoor
Description
Joe DiMaggio’s rise from the boy “least likely to succeed” to the top of the professional baseball world is truly a remarkable story. As a teenager his favorite sport was tennis, but when two of his brothers became professional baseball players, Joe realized that here was a way to fame and fortune he wanted for himself and his family. After three years with the San Francisco Seals, he was sold to the New York Yankees, where he gained everlasting fame as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.
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