Reggie Jackson - by Dayn Perry (Paperback)

About the Book

"Dayn Perry, a damn fine writer, brings an insightful, fresh analysis to the career of Mr. October."--Peter Golenbock, author of George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire FoxSports.com baseball analyst and author of Winners: How Good Baseball Teams Become Great Ones, Dayn Perry brings us Reggie Jackson in all his glory--a thrilling, in-depth biography of the controversial New York Yankee slugger. A monumental sports story filled with such stellar baseball names as George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, Jim "Catfish" Hunter, Thurman Munson, and Bucky Dent, Reggie Jackson is the first to cover the entire career of the colorful, outspoken athlete whom The Sporting News listed as one of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players of all time.

Book Synopsis

"Dayn Perry, a damn fine writer, brings an insightful, fresh analysis to the career of Mr. October."
--Peter Golenbock, author of George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire

FoxSports.com baseball analyst and author of Winners: How Good Baseball Teams Become Great Ones, Dayn Perry brings us Reggie Jackson in all his glory--a thrilling, in-depth biography of the controversial New York Yankee slugger. A monumental sports story filled with such stellar baseball names as George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, Jim "Catfish" Hunter, Thurman Munson, and Bucky Dent, Reggie Jackson is the first to cover the entire career of the colorful, outspoken athlete whom The Sporting News listed as one of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players of all time.

From the Back Cover

An outspoken iconoclast whose disregard for convention made him as many enemies as friends among the colorful characters of the game, Reggie Jackson was a cantankerous upstart full of swagger with a fearsome talent to match. The Baseball Hall of Famer earned the name "Mr. October" for the crucial clutch hitting that led his teams to the World Series six times and won him two series MVP awards. But most people don't really know the man behind the bat--a great athlete struggling to find his place in the world, at home, and in the sport that made him a star.

Now, in the first biography of Reggie Jackson in more than twenty-five years--and the first to cover his entire career as a player--FOXSports.com columnist Dayn Perry provides an intimate, honest, and never-before-seen glimpse into the life and times of one of baseball's all-time greats.

Review Quotes

"A well-rounded treatment of one of baseball's most celebrated and controversial figures.... Perry reaffirms the notion that when it comes to sports superstardom, monstrous talent combines with enigmatic character truly yields the stuff of legend. Few Hall of Famers have done it with the path-breaking mix of panache, bombast and raw achievement that defined Jackson's career.... A provocative portrait sure to win as many fans...as its red-hot subject." - Kirkus Reviews

"Perry teases out the combustible, contradictory, provocative aspects of Jackson's personality--not to mention his talent for demolishing a baseball--that still make him such an irresistible personality to this day." - Booklist

"Dayn Perry gives us the full Reggie: Mr. October and Mr. Swagger, racial avatar but not a racial militant. This is a book about more than baseball and will appeal to more than fans." - Larry Tye, author of Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend

"Reggie Jackson was a towering figure during his controversial Hall of Fame career. He was prideful, jealous, emotional, and talented. His ego--both alluring and revolting--as Dayn Perry cleverly described it, could make a fan forget what a force he was. Perry, a damn fine writer, brings an insightful, fresh analysis to the career of Mr. October." - Peter Golenbock

"Any discussion of baseball in the '70s must begin with Reggie Jackson--the first and perhaps the last of his kind--and now any discussion of Reggie must begin with Dayn Perry's insightful, immensely enjoyable biography." - Rob Neyer, Senior Writer, ESPN.com