Yankee Wife

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Decemberists' 2006 landmark release The Crane Wife, this triple album set includes the remastered original tracks plus alternate versions, B-sides, solo acoustic demos and outtakes. "While we’re not the sort of folk to make a ton of ballyhoo about every record’s birthday, it seemed fitting that this one should receive some sort of celebration. It was our first record for a major label, after all … it was our first record with a lineup that would remain constant for the next decade and our first record to actually get a teensy bit of commercial airplay. We take what we can get."

Beginning with his early years as a St. Louis teenager, Elston tells of Elston Howard’s love of baseball and his encounters with racism. His three decades with the New York Yankees include numerous anecdotes about fellow Yankee legends such as Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and Yogi Berra. Written with a wife’s compassion and a sportswriter’s eye for detail, and with countless personal moments and rarely seen photographs, Elston is the touching story of one of baseball’s great players.

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