Start your review of dimaggio setting the record straight write a review feb 05 2011 kay rated it it was ok shelves biography sports i do not have complaints about the way the book is written but rather disappointment in joe dimaggio as a person this was written by his best friend see my following comments so i am sure joe was seen in the best light however i found nothing to . Dimaggio setting the record straight by engelberg morris publication date 2003 topics dimaggio joe 1914 1999 dimaggio joe 1914 1999 di maggio joe baseball players united states biography baseball players united states biography baseball players baseballspieler united states publisher st paul minn mbi collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks . Not surprisingly the book reads as though it were written by a best friend heavy on deference and light on detail except when it comes to engelbergs record setting success in peddling dimaggio to memorabilia dealers indeed more baseballs are signed than swatted in this version of dimaggios life while dimaggios legendary 13 year hall of fame career which includes a record 56 game hitting streak and nine world series rings is recalled in a brisk 60 pages off the field dimaggios . Dimaggio setting the record straight morris engelberg author marv schneider author henry a kissinger foreword by foreword by henry kissinger mbi publishing 2495 420p isbn 978 0 7603