Willie Mays Audiobook

" One of the best biographies --in any genre-- I've ever read. I wasn't certain that Hirsch's "what you see is what you get" thesis was going to hold up for 600 pages, but he gives us Mays's subtlety, intelligence and complexity in addition to some excellent social history. The chapter on the friction between Mays and Jackie Robinson during the civil rights struggle is especially thought-provoking. "

" Really liked this. Told me tons I didn't know about one of the best ball players of all time. I learned alot about baseball in the '50s, especially in New York, and a lot about characters I didn't know much about like Leo D. "

" A good book that goes into a lot of detail about this great ball player. "

" A pro biography of one of the greatest. A compelling read. It did list the trials and tribulations of his life. One thing about the read - you could set it down for a few days and pick up where you left off. "

" This book went on my to read list after hearing Mr. Mays talk with John Stewart. I finally got around to reading it thinking that I might end up scanning quickly through some sections. NO WAY! I had trouble putting this book down and kept bubbling over to my family (who, fortunately, are also Giants fans) with Willie Mays stories. Great baseball book and a great history book. "

" This book took me about a month to read, and I usually read five or six books in that time. It is chock full of facts and descriptions of great baseball. I wish I could go back in time and watch Willie Mays play baseball. "

" Loved this book. Wish i had been a baseball fanback in the 50's. Awesome book "

" Eh. Authorized biography - so it was limited. But, interesting read on the greatest baseball player who ever lived. "

" Willie Mays was my boyhood hero, and after reading his biography he's still a hero. A great portrait of an amazing player and a humble and amazing man, the amazing Willie Mays! "

" Just a great book. I'm prejudiced because WM is my idol but just to read about his life and times was wonderful. After you read this there will be no doubt that he is the best ever. Hirsch is a skilled author and doesn't shy from exposing some of WM's warts. "

" While subtitled the The Life, The Legend. To me it felt that the author spent much more time adding to the legend of Willie Mays rather than revealing the true life behind the legend. "

" It was a very interesting book. The first half is very educational about baseball and the game in the 40-50's. The last half of the book gets a little slow. "

" Willie Mays is the greatest baseball player of all time. At least, it's true in my universe. Anything I can read about him gets my utmost attention. "

" One of the best biographies I ever read. Couldn't put it down. "

" A little too positive. "

" For an animated guy that has lived an amazingly interesting life, this book is amazingly dull and uninspired. Some interesting insights and stories but on the whole an overwhelming disappointment. "

" He is/was a class act. I love this game. "

" Eh. Authorized biography - so it was limited. But, interesting read on the greatest baseball player who ever lived. "

" Willie Mays was my boyhood hero, and after reading his biography he's still a hero. A great portrait of an amazing player and a humble and amazing man, the amazing Willie Mays! "

" Everything you need to know about Mays. Fabulous ballplayer who played a few yrs too long. Controversy re civil rights. "

" Excellent and fascinating biography of perhaps the greatest ballplayer ever and his place in the history of baseball and the U.S. "

" It was a very interesting book. The first half is very educational about baseball and the game in the 40-50's. The last half of the book gets a little slow. "

" Reads strangely like a bio of a person long gone, not someone still alive. You'd expect more personal stories from an authorized bio of a living person. But then the book would have been even more massive :-) "

" Just a great book. I'm prejudiced because WM is my idol but just to read about his life and times was wonderful. After you read this there will be no doubt that he is the best ever. Hirsch is a skilled author and doesn't shy from exposing some of WM's warts. "