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Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero
by Leigh Montville
The Splendid Splinter: hitting science, two wars as a fighter pilot, feuds, fishing, the grim ending. Full and fair.
Read it if…
you want the complete Williams.
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Skip it if…
you want a short profile.
Try instead: Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend →
Three things you will actually use
- Obsession makes mastery.
- Service interrupts and defines.
- Difficult men can be great.
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Read the chapters on the Korean War.
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Williams.
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