Mays, Aaron and `cooperative’ biographies
New biographies of Willie Mays and Hank Aaron do nothing to tarnish the reputations of the revered American baseball superstars of an earlier era. The way they were produced, however, illustrates an established niche in U.S. book publishing: cooperative biographies. Long, and long-awaited, biographies of the two iconic sluggers come out this year, within three months of each other: James S.
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