Musial: from Stash to Stan the Man

by Giglio, James N.

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Title Statements

Full title :Musial : from Stash to Stan the Man / James N. Giglio.

Summary

"Musial: From Stash to Stan the Man is the most comprehensive assessment of baseball legend Stan Musial's life and career to date. Musial, better known as Stan the Man, was born in 1920 to a Polish immigrant father and a second-generation Slovak mother in Donora, Pennsylvania. As a youth, however, he went by the nickname Stash, which his closest friends have continued to call him." "In this first scholarly biography of Musial, 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."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2001.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Missouri Press
Place of Publication:Columbia, Mo
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2001.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xviii, 345 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0826263135, 9780826263131
oclc:ocm56424975
LC Classification:GV865.M8
Dewey Decimal:796.357/092

Growing up poor in the "home of champions" -- Rickey's farm -- Rookie supreme -- Pennants and wartime -- Return to glory -- A troubling year -- Career year and near miss -- Player of the decade -- Anatomy of a superstar -- Aging superstar -- Keeping busy -- Hometown roots.

Subjects

Baseball players Baseball players -- Biography. -- Unite… Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports History Joueurs de base-ball -- Biographies. --… Musial, Stan SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team) United States