Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy by Leavy, Jane

ISBN: 0060195339

Author: Leavy, Jane

Condition: new

The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed. This is an absorbing book, beautifully written. -Wall Street JournalLeavy has hit it out of the parkA lot more than a biography. Its a consideration of how we create our heroes, and how this heros self perception distinguishes him from nearly every other great athlete in living memory a remarkably rich portrait. - TimeThe instant New York Times bestseller about the baseball legend and famously reclusive Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax, from award-winning former Washington Post sportswriter Jane Leavy. Sandy Koufax reveals, for the first time, what drove the three-time Cy Young award winner to the pinnacle of baseball and then-just as quickly-into self-imposed exile.