House of nails a memoir of life on the edge
Nicknamed "Nails" for his hustle and grit, Dykstra was named to three All-Star teams and played in two of the most memorable World Series of the modern era. After retiring he became a business mogul and investment guru. Now he tells all about his tumultuous career, from battling through cr...
| Main Author: | Dykstra, Lenny, 1963- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
Nicknamed "Nails" for his hustle and grit, Dykstra was named to three All-Star teams and played in two of the most memorable World Series of the modern era. After retiring he became a business mogul and investment guru. Now he tells all about his tumultuous career, from battling through crippling pain to steroid use and drug addiction, to a life of indulgence and excess, then an epic plunge and the long road back to redemption. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes index. |
| Physical Description: |
x, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration, portraits ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
0062407368 (hardback) 9780062407368 (hardback) |
| Author Notes: |
After baseball, he had a number of business ventures, including publishing a magazine, The Player's Club, geared toward professional athletes. In 2009, his business practices were exposed in in the media. He filed for Bankruptcy. In 2012, he pleaded guilty in federal court to three felonies and was later sentenced to three years in prison, 500 hours of community service and ordered to pay restitution. After serving 6.5 months, he was released from prison in June 2013. He is the author of Nails: the Inside Story of an Amazin' Season (1987, with Marty Noble), and House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge (2016). (Bowker Author Biography) |