Wild, High and Tight: The Life and Death of Billy Martin
by Peter Golenbock
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Author: Peter GolenbockEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-05
ISBN: 0312105754
Number of pages: 545
Publisher: St Martins Pr
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Book Review: Let's Play Two
Summary: 5 Stars
The excellent biography by Peter Golenbock actually covers indepth the lives of Martin and George Steinbrenner.
So much had been written about the relationship between the two, but the reader will learn so much about the pair in the closing chapters. This is the point where Martin's professional career and personal life is in a shambles and Steinbrenner seemingly dangles the opportunity of managing the Yankees one more time to "Number One," since he has what amounts to a personal services contract with "The Boss."
Golenbock's research into the death of Martin is outstanding and was highly controversial at the time of publication. Essentially, Golenbock reports, Martin's friend in the truck falsely admitted to police that he was driving the vehicle at the time it struck the culvert, knowing it would help Martin's family in dealing with the financial meltdown he had suffered in the final years of his life.
The only negative is the typographical errors, something that plagues most of Golenbock's books. Even the reprint of The Bronx Zoo contained its original typographical errors!
I think it's safe to say the book certainly isn't prominently on the shelf in Steinbrenner's office in Yankee Stadium, but it remains the most thorough writing concerning the lives of Martin and Steinbrenner.
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A popular sportswriter chronicles the explosive and extraordinary career of high-living baseball legend Billy Martin, a controversial and tormented figure blessed with many talents but cursed with psychological demons. 50,000 first printing.Biographies & Memoirs Books
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