Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life

No wonder we strove for more that sixty years to give Joe DiMaggio the hero'' life. Dimaggio was, at every turn, one man we could look at who made us feel good.

In the hard-knuckled thirties, he was the immigrants' boy who made it big-and spurred the New York Yankees to a new era of dynasty. As World War 2 loomed, Joltin' Joe became our poster boy for American can-do, with his hitting streak of fifty-six straight-and the nation was literally singing his name. In postwar ease and…