Some Great Books About the New York Yankees (Best Book Recommendations)

Some Great Books About the New York Yankees

a list by Hal Steinberg, avid reader

Pinstripes and pennants. Aprils and Octobers. The House That Ruth Built in the city that never sleeps. Love 'em or hate 'em, the Yankees have been the greatest (and most storied) team in professional sports. Here are a few of the best books on the team and their brightest stars.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Yankees_Century_100_Years_of_New_York_Yankees_Baseball');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0618085270'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Yankees_Century_100_Years_of_New_York_Yankees_Baseball');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0618085270'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball by Glenn Stout, edited by Richard A. Johnson Amazon says: "Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball" chronicles the full history of this storied franchise, with the most compelling and authoritative narrative of the team ever written, more than 250 stunning photographs, and essays by some of the game's colorful scribes. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Yankees_Century_100_Years_of_New_York_Yankees_Baseball');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0618085270'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Yankees_Century_100_Years_of_New_York_Yankees_Baseball');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0618085270'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 496 page hardcover \|$26.40 \|6 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Yankee_Stadium_The_Official_Retrospective');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416547797'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Yankee_Stadium_The_Official_Retrospective');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416547797'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective by Al Santasiere, edited by Mark Vancil Amazon says: "Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective" takes the reader from the field to the dugout, from the press box to the clubhouse, from principal owner George Steinbrenner's office to Monument Park. Every corner of the stadium is revealed. With the unprecedented cooperation of the New York Yankees organization, photographs have been culled from every conceivable source. More than 250 photographs -- many never before published -- will allow you to walk in the Stadium beside Mantle and Maris, witness the only perfect game in World Series history, and see the Stadium during the stirring 2001 World Series. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Yankee_Stadium_The_Official_Retrospective');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416547797'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Yankee_Stadium_The_Official_Retrospective');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1416547797'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 240 page hardcover \|$31.50 \|13 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Summer_of_49');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060884266'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Summer_of_49');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060884266'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Summer of '49 by David Halberstam Amazon readers say: "Halberstam brings alive baseball's "Good 'ol days"." "A total baseball immersion experience." "One of the best baseball books ever." "A great read even if you're not a baseball fan!" onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Summer_of_49');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060884266'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Summer_of_49');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060884266'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 384 page paperback \|$10.17 \|46 reviews This book also appears on Books About the Craft, Magic, and Art of Baseball


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Babe_The_Legend_Comes_to_Life');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/067176070X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Babe_The_Legend_Comes_to_Life');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/067176070X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Babe: The Legend Comes to Life by Robert Creamer Amazon readers say: "Gritty and detailed portrait: excellent compelling read." "It's the best baseball biography I have read." "Solid, realistic biography." "The best Babe Ruth book ever written." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Babe_The_Legend_Comes_to_Life');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/067176070X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Babe_The_Legend_Comes_to_Life');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/067176070X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 448 page paperback \|$10.20 \|22 reviews This book also appears on Biographies of Some Baseball Greats


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Luckiest_Man_The_Life_and_Death_of_Lou_Gehrig');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0743268938'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Luckiest_Man_The_Life_and_Death_of_Lou_Gehrig');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0743268938'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig by Jonathan Eig Amazon readers say: "Well-framed account of a life derailed." "One of the best sports biographies ever." "Wonderful old-style baseball, a world away from steroids." "This one really moved me." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Luckiest_Man_The_Life_and_Death_of_Lou_Gehrig');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0743268938'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Luckiest_Man_The_Life_and_Death_of_Lou_Gehrig');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0743268938'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 432 page paperback \|$10.20 \|69 reviews This book also appears on Biographies of Some Baseball Greats


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Joe_DiMaggio_The_Heros_Life');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684853914'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Joe_DiMaggio_The_Heros_Life');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684853914'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life by Richard Ben Cramer Amazon readers say: "Flawed champion." "A jolting biography." "Very strong, eye-opening biography." "You don't have to be a baseball fan to love this book." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Joe_DiMaggio_The_Heros_Life');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684853914'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Joe_DiMaggio_The_Heros_Life');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0684853914'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 560 pages, used, starting at $0.01 \|123 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/When_You_Come_To__Fork_in_the_Road_Take_It');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786887443'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/When_You_Come_To__Fork_in_the_Road_Take_It');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786887443'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">When You Come To Fork in the Road, Take It! by Yogi Berra, Dave Kaplan Amazon readers say: "Come for the wisdom, stay for the photos." "Hilarious and pithy wisdom." "It ain't over 'til the fat lady takes the spoon in the road." "The absolute best time... a good laugh for a rainy day." onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/When_You_Come_To__Fork_in_the_Road_Take_It');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786887443'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/When_You_Come_To__Fork_in_the_Road_Take_It');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786887443'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> 192 page paperback \|$9.90 \|22 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Lou_Gehrig__Pride_of_the_Yankees');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/B000NZ4Z94'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Lou_Gehrig__Pride_of_the_Yankees');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/B000NZ4Z94'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">Lou Gehrig: Pride of the Yankees by Paul Gallico This one's long out-of-print, and an excellent, new Gehrig biography has since come out (see above). However, as the blueprint for the movie of the same title, and a book I recall from my youth, I felt I should include it. onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Lou_Gehrig__Pride_of_the_Yankees');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/B000NZ4Z94'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow">more on Amazon onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Some_Great_Books_About_the_New_York_Yankees/Lou_Gehrig__Pride_of_the_Yankees');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/B000NZ4Z94'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" rel="nofollow"> used, starting at $6.48

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