George : The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire

"Who but the master of the baseball biography, Golenbock, could finally get the fix on Steinbrenner, the most curious, fearsome, pathetic, seminal figure in the pastime's modern history. You'll hate and love George all over again in this fast-moving pageant of tales you never heard and old ones told truthfully."-Robert Lipsyteauthor, Heroes of Baseball"Loathe him or hate him, he's the most famous owner in the history of professional baseball, the one and only Boss. Now, finally, from a writer who knows the Yankees inside-out, is a complete, rip-roaring portrait of the man behind the turtlenecks, tantrums, sky-scraping payroll and championship rings."-Jonathan Mahlerauthor, The Bronx is Burning"No one is better equipped to delve intoGeorge Steinbrenner's improbable, outsized life than Peter Golenbock, the undisputed king of baseball books. His latest is compulsively readable and chock-full of revealing anecdotes that are sure to make headlines. A fascinating accountof a complex man who is both infuriatingbully and beloved icon."-Jane Hellerauthor of Confessions of a She-Fan: The Courseof True Love with the New York Yankees