625497 news 1567529530 1567529530 This essay, published by American Heritage, is adapted from A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle (Basic Books) co-authored by Johnny Smith and Randy Roberts. The book traces Mantle's ascendance as an icon of the 1950s and baseball's place in American culture.

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