{"602308":{"#nid":"602308","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Author Event at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Monday, April 2, Georgia Tech History Professor Johnny Smith will discuss his new book,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.basicbooks.com\/titles\/randy-roberts\/a-season-in-the-sun\/9780465094424\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EA Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle\u003C\/a\u003E, at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.\u0026nbsp; The event will take place in the Museum Theater and begins at 7:00.\u0026nbsp; Smith will sign copies of his book after his talk. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EA Season in the Sun\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;historians Johnny Smith and Randy Roberts trace the defining moment of Mickey Mantle\u0026rsquo;s legendary career: 1956, when he overcame a host of injuries and critics to become the most celebrated athlete of his time. Taking us from the action on the diamond to Mantle\u0026rsquo;s off-the-field exploits, Smith and Roberts depict Mantle not as an ideal role model or a bitter alcoholic, but a complex man whose faults were smoothed over by sportswriters eager to keep the truth about sports heroes at bay. An incisive portrait of an American icon,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EA Season in the Sun\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;is an essential work for baseball fans and anyone interested in the 1950s.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On Monday, April 2, Georgia Tech History Professor Johnny Smith will discuss his new book, A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle, at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2018-02-13 16:34:44","changed_gmt":"2018-02-16 13:46:56","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"416751":{"id":"416751","type":"image","title":"Johnny Smith","body":null,"created":"1449254258","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:38","changed":"1475895155","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:35","alt":"Johnny Smith","file":{"fid":"202560","name":"johnsmithweb_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/johnsmithweb_1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/johnsmithweb_1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6610,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/johnsmithweb_1_0.jpg?itok=p2NgIegl"}}},"media_ids":["416751"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"172801","name":"HSOC news"},{"id":"129451","name":"Johnny Smith"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}