Willie Mays Aikens: Safe at Home

by Gregory Jordan

Book Overview

An intimate portrait of a tortured player, this biography culls interviews, letters, and the personal account of baseball legend Willie Mays Aikens. Touted from a young age as the next Reggie Jackson, Aikens' promising career quickly turned disastrous when he fell into drug abuse and was ultimately sentenced to the longest prison sentence ever given to a professional athlete in a drug case. Not only an exploration of baseball and culture in the 1980s,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1600786960
• ISBN13: 9781600786969
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"