Dinner with DiMaggio: Memories of An American Hero Audiobook (Free)

A revealing account of the great Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio from the man who knew him best in the last ten years of his existence-“a rare, intimate portrait…that pries open up Joltin’ Joe’s perpetually buttoned-up personal privacy” (The New York Occasions) with stories about the Yankees, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and other celebrities.

In 1990, Dr. Rock and roll Positano, a thirty-two-year-old foot and ankle expert, met Joe DiMaggio. Despite the forty years between them, an about Dinner with DiMaggio: Thoughts of the American Hero improbable friendship developed following the doctor successfully treated the football champ’s back heel spur injury. Joe mentored Rock and roll but came to rely on his youthful friend showing him a good time in NY, the city that made him a legend. In time, the famously reserved DiMaggio exposed to Dr. Positano and discussed his joys, his disappointments, and his sorrows as he reflected on his remarkable life. The stories and experiences he distributed to Dr. Positano comprise a romantic portrait of 1 of the great stars of football and icon from the twentieth century.

“Readers don’t need to become baseball fans to become captivated by this memoir, which explores such universal themes as companionship, celebrity, maturing, and mortality” (Library Journal, starred review). DiMaggio was a complicated figure-sometimes demanding, sometimes big-hearted, generally impeccable, faithful, and a genuine stand-up man. This memoir of a decade-long camaraderie reveals the private DiMaggio as “a wholly human portrait of the American icon navigating his way via an adoring yet relentlessly demanding general public” (Booklist, starred review), while providing up illuminating tales and uncommon insights about the people in his lifestyle, including his teammates, Muhammad Ali, Sandy Koufax, Woody Allen, and so many more.