BOOK CREDITS
Pictured here are some of the books I've had the pleasure of writing, co-writing, or directing.
Mickey Mantle:
Memories and Memorabilia
ISBN-13-978-1-4402-1543-8 • Published by Krause Books, 2011
Written & Edited by Larry Canale • Foreword by Ozzie Sweet
Mickey Mantle is one of the most beloved sports figures of all times. "The Magnificent Yankee" won three American League Most Valuable Player Awards, was named to 16 All Star games, and played on 12 pennant winners and seven World Series championship clubs. He still holds records for most World Series home runs, RBIs, runs, walks, extra-base hits, and total bases, all topped off by his induction in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
Fifteen years after his death, his memorabilia is still the most sought after of any sports figure, past or present. Mickey Mantle: Memories and Memorabilia highlights the life and memorabilia of this American sports hero, with fan memories interspersed throughout. With over 600 images of fantastic photography and artwork, no book on the market better captures the history, nostalgia, and memorabilia of the man they call "The Mick."
The Boys of Spring
ISBN-978-1894963398 • Published by Sport Media Group, 2005
Written by Larry Canale • Photographs by Ozzie Sweet • Foreword by Frank Robinson
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A 240-page book presenting the best of Ozzie Sweet's spring training photography, with text describing Ozzie's techniques, successes, and experiences. Images span nearly six decades. The earliest come from 1947; the latest — presented in Chapter 8, "Return of the Master" — were taken in 2005.
Tuff Stuff's Baseball Memorabilia Guide
ISBN-13: 978-0873492676 • Published by Krause Books, 2001
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Edited by Larry Canale and the Tuff Stuff staff
This quick, easy reference and identification guide lists more than 55,000 of the most popular baseball collectibles and catalogues thousands of market values. This reliable guide provides in-depth information and collecting tips on a variety of items. Popular collectibles include autographs, multi-signed items, jerseys, publications, programs, press pins, tickets, figurines, plates, pennants and posters, stadium memorabilia, team-signed baseballs, cereal boxes, cans and bottles, games, movies, auction results, vintage/tobacco cards, limited edition cards, modern era trading cards through 2000 and others. Features: Comprehensive listings of most popular baseball memorabilia; Thousands of current market values; Includes glossary of hobby terms and table of contents for quick identification; Extensive coverage on Hall of Fame items.
Mickey Mantle: The Yankee Years/The Classic Photography of Ozzie Sweet
ISBN-13: 978-0930625214 • Published by Tuff Stuff Books, 1998
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Text by Larry Canale • Photography by Ozzie Sweet • Forward by Whitey Ford
The image of Mickey Mantle—from young and full of possibility to exhausted and courageous—helped define a generation of ballplayers, and no one captured the arc of Mantle's metamorphosis better than Ozzie Sweet. As a sports photographer, Sweet was more interested in focusing on faces than action; it was the humanness of the performer that fascinated him, not the performance itself. A master portraitist, Sweet shot just about everyone—Ted Williams, Sandy Koufax, Roberto Clemente, even Albert Einstein—all included here. But Mantle, through the course of a Hall of Fame career, was his evolving masterpiece. Moment by moment, Sweet would appear, and then manage to freeze the Mantle legacy at every stage, from exuberant youth to heroic icon.
Sweet's achievement, finally collected in one place, is as stunning as it is memorable. His work is full of art, artifice, soft colors, and careful staging; it is both stylish and stylized. The results should captivate both baseball fans and photography buffs. Canale's accompanying text chronicles Sweet's achievements and brings context to the rich images of Mantle and his pinstriped compatriots—Casey Stengel, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Billy Martin, and Roger Maris, among them. Like magical magnets, Sweet's photos take hold, then pull you back into what feels like a softer, more innocent, less complicated time. --Jeff Silverman, Amazon.com