A revealing accounts of the great Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio from the man who knew him best within the last ten years of his life-“a rare, intimate family portrait…that pries open Joltin’ Joe’s perpetually buttoned-up personal privacy” (The New York Situations) with tales about the Yankees, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and other celebrities.

In 1990, Dr. Rock Positano, a thirty-two-year-old feet and ankle professional, fulfilled Joe DiMaggio. Despite the forty years between them, an about Dinner with DiMaggio: Remembrances of An American Hero improbable friendship developed following the doctor effectively treated the football champ’s back heel spur damage. Joe mentored Rock and roll but found rely on his youthful friend showing him a good time in NY, the city that made him a legend. With time, the famously reserved DiMaggio exposed to Dr. Positano and talked about his joys, his disappointments, and his sorrows as he shown on his amazing life. The stories and encounters he distributed to Dr. Positano comprise a romantic portrait of 1 of the fantastic stars of baseball and icon of the twentieth century.

“Readers do not have to be baseball fans to become captivated by this memoir, which explores such general themes as friendship, celebrity, maturing, and mortality” (Library Journal, starred review). DiMaggio was an elaborate figure-sometimes demanding, occasionally big-hearted, always impeccable, faithful, and a genuine stand-up man. This memoir of a decade-long companionship reveals the very private DiMaggio as “a wholly human portrait of an American icon navigating his way via an adoring however relentlessly demanding public” (Booklist, starred review), while portion up illuminating tales and rare insights about the people in his existence, including his teammates, Muhammad Ali, Sandy Koufax, Woody Allen, and many more.