TY - BOOK AU - Hirsch,James S. TI - Willie Mays: the life, the legend SN - 9781416547907 U1 - 796.357092B 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Scribner KW - Mays, Willie, KW - New York Giants (Baseball team) KW - San Francisco Giants (Baseball team) KW - Baseball players KW - United States KW - Biography KW - African American baseball players N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-597) and index; Alabama roots -- Raised to succeed -- Supernatural gifts -- A mother's love -- The Black barons -- The Giants call -- The minors -- The savior arrives -- Rookie of the year -- War stories -- "I'd play for free" -- The catch -- "Ole Mira!" -- A new archetype -- Jackie, Willie, and all deliberate speed -- "Willie Mays doesn't need help from anyone" -- The end of an era -- Miraloma Drive -- Welcome to San Francisco -- Black barnstormers -- Cheers for Khrushchev -- Headwinds -- There's a feel in the air -- Acceptance, at last -- Youth is served -- A man named Mays -- Befriended by a banker -- Captain Mays -- The peacemaker -- A piece of Willie's heart -- Milestones and miseries -- A doctrine of brotherhood -- The wisdom of the years -- Baseball royalty -- New York, New York -- The end of a love affair -- Epilogue -- Author's note -- Career stats N2 - Authorized by Willie Mays and written by a "New York Times" bestselling author, this is the definitive biography of one of baseball's immortals ER -