11+ Book The Kid: The Immortal Life Of Ted Williams Images. Yet, everything about the man was complicated, if not reading about williams' rise from a neglected kid in san diego, one who hid his mexican roots out of fear of prejudice, to the greatest hitter who ever. The words you are searching are inside this book.

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His batting average of.406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more those totals would have been even higher if williams had not left baseball for nearly five years in the prime of his career to serve as a marine pilot in wwii. In telling the story of williams life bradlee shows how he grew as a ball player and in many ways did not grow as a person. It's a story about athletic greatness, but also about the perils of fame and.

The kid inspecting the lumber at louisville slugger's bat factory, circa 1942.

Speaking at the weston public library on may 27, 2014 sponsored by the friends of the wpl. Bradlee's marvelous book clears the fences. It was first published by dutton in 1999. His batting average of.406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more than 500 home runs has a the kid is biography of the highest literary order, a thrilling and honest account of a legend in all his glory and human complexity.