Stan Musial: An American Life

By George Vecsey

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors

Stan Musial: An American Life is a 2011 biography by George Vecsey, the longtime New York Times sports columnist. It traces the life of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Vecsey follows Musial from his childhood in Donora, Pennsylvania, through twenty-two seasons with the Cardinals and his later life. 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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