Best books of 2010: nonfiction

5. "The Last Boy," by Jane Leavy

"The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood," by Jane Leavy (Harper, 480 pp., $27.99). Former sportswriter Jane Leavy seeks the real man lurking behind Mantle’s image. (CSMonitor.com, 10/28/10)

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