Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life. Written by Richard Ben Cramer, the author of What it Takes. First edition. Published in 2000 by Simon & Schuster. In original dust jacket. Bookplate inside front. Signed by the author on tipped in card. Also with tipped in signature of Frank (Frankie) Crosetti, an American baseball shortstop, nicknamed “The Crow.” Crosetti spent his whole seventeen-year Major League Baseball playing career with the New York Yankees and went on to be a coach with the franchise for an additional twenty seasons.