Drawing on interviews with friends and family, as well as teammates and opponents, "New York Times"-bestselling author Leavy delivers the definitive account of one of the biggest talents and most tragic figures ever to play baseball--Mickey Mantle.

Preface: My weekend with The Mick -- Innocence lost, Atlantic City, April 1983 -- March 26, 1951: The whole world opened up -- October 5, 1951: When fates converge -- October 23, 1951: Undermined -- May 27, 1949: Patrimony -- May 20, 1952: In the ground -- April 17, 1953: One big day -- November 2, 1953: Fish bait -- September 26, 1954: No other time -- A Round with the Mick, Atlantic City, April 1983 -- May 30, 1956: A body remembers -- May 16, 1957: Returns of the day -- August 14, 1960: Season under siege -- Nightcap, Atlantic City, April 1983 -- September 25, 1961: Dr. Feelgood -- May 18, 1962: His best self -- June 5, 1963: The breaking point -- September 26, 1968: Last licks -- Dream on, Atlantic City, April 1983 -- June 8, 1969: Half-life of a star -- December 19, 1985: 18 below in Fargo -- February 5, 1988: Top of the heap -- February 4, 1994: Getaway day -- Riding with The Mick, Atlantic City, April 1983 -- August 13, 1995: The last boy -- The kinetic Mick.