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Critics Praise 'Mickey Mantle: America's Prodigal Son'

"This is a fresh, insightful, honest look into the life of an iconic figure on the American athletic landscape by an author who obviously researched the subject deeply. While Mickey Mantle's drinking excesses became well-documented public knowledge late in his life, Castro details Mantle's flawed character with many never-told-before incidents that make this book an asorbing page-turner. The Mickey Mantle who comes out of this narrative remains a heroic jock, but Castro portrays a terribly self-destructive human being who managed to hit a baseball far better than he managed his own life."
                                                            -- Doug Krikorian, ESPN Radio

                                                               Long Beach Press Telegram

"A terrific insight into the life and tribulations of a true American sports icon. An extremely well-researched book, with stories that only someone who really knew Mickey would know."

                                      -- Tom Catal, curator

                                          Mickey Mantle Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y.

"As crisp and stunning in its insights as a fastball off of Mantle's amazing bat. A richly textured glimpse of America in a time when heroism still counted and when the real heroes were found on the ball diamond. A crystal-clear look at a man, a myth, and the heartbeat of a nation."

                                        -- Ben Stein, author

‘Tony Castro's powerful, touching song of praise and lament for Mickey Mantle defines the forces that made the Oklahoma miner's son an American icon."

                                           -- Dave Kindred, author of Glove Stories

                                               columnist, The Sporting News

"Mickey Mantle: America's Prodigal Son is a compelling story of one of the most gifted and complex sport figures in history.  Tony Castro gives us a vivid portrait of an athlete with many personal demons yet whose glorious on-the-field career we will remember always."

                                             -- Tony Pederson, The Houston Chronicle

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