There's no denying that Leavy does a great job in painting a picture of The Mick as an alcoholic, womanizing, man child who happened to play a sport. If you want to learn more about the feelings of the people in Mickey's life, how he treated them, and how they were affected by him (including the author), then this is the book for you. Me? I could have used with more stories from the field of play. Exploits on the playing field. More about interactions with other players on and off the field. More stories from former players about their reminiscences of The Mick. More of the sports page than the lifestyle section.

I was leery of reading this book, I had grown up with Mickey and he was my first baseball hero. All the more, a better reason to read the book. I am glad I read the book, it made Mickey Mantle human, very human. I though the best Chapter was April 1953, the research for this chapter alone was fantastic. I highly recommend this book. The videos are well done and informative, they add to your understanding of the book. This version is free, so take the time to read the book you won't be sorry you did.

it was an ok book but some parts of it made me very confused, but then later I caught on, but at the moment, I am almost in the middle and i am sort of like very confused. :)

this was a very very good book you will enjoy it.....i kno i did! (: