02019cam a2200289 4500 350116882 TxAuBib 20100324120000.0 091119s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009049214 9781416547907 $30.00 1416547908 $30.00 (OCoLC)419812548 DLC DLC BTCTA UPZ DOV QDK JST C#P YDXCP JQF BWX LMR CDX SGB ALH TxAuBib Hirsch, James S. Willie Mays : the life, the legend / James S. Hirsch ; authorized by Willie Mays. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2010. viii, 628 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 593-597) and index. Alabama roots -- Raised to succeed -- Supernatural gifts -- A mother's love -- The Black barons -- The Giants call -- The minors -- The savior arrives -- Rookie of the year -- War stories -- "I'd play for free" -- The catch -- "Ole Mira!" -- A new archetype -- Jackie, Willie, and all deliberate speed -- "Willie Mays doesn't need help from anyone" -- The end of an era -- Miraloma drive -- Welcome to San Francisco -- Black barnstormers -- Cheers for Khrushchev -- Headwinds -- There's feel in the air -- Acceptance, at last -- Youth is served -- A man named Mays -- Befriended by a banker -- Captain Mays -- The peacemaker -- A piece of Willie's heart -- Milstones and miseries -- A doctrine of brotherhood -- The wisdom of the years -- Baseball royalty -- New York, New York -- The end of a love affair. Authorized by Willie Mays and written by a "New York Times" bestselling author, this is the definitive biography of one of baseball's immortals. 20100324. Mays, Willie 1931- New York Giants (Baseball team.) Baseball players United States Biography.