Stan Musial: An American Life

By George Vecsey

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors

Stan Musial: An American Life (2011) is a biography by George Vecsey, the longtime New York Times sports columnist, published by ESPN. It traces the life of the St. Louis Cardinals icon and twenty-time All-Star, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Vecsey follows Musial from his childhood in Donora, Pennsylvania, through his long career with the Cardinals and beyond. He portrays a modest, decent man whose quiet character kept him less famous than contemporaries such as Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio.

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