Maggio source autobiography
- James (Jim) Maggio is a retired aerospace engineer who married Barbara Stolfi, a professional actress (Barbara's filmography can be found on the IMDb.
- Joe DiMaggio was, at every turn, one man we could look at who made us feel good.
- Rosalie Maggio was the award-winning author of 24 books, including the two-million-copy bestseller How to Say It; a French-language biography about daredevil.
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Joe DiMaggio
American baseball player (1914–1999)
Not to be confused with Joe Maggio.
Baseball player
Joe DiMaggio | |
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DiMaggio with the New York Yankees in 1939 | |
Center fielder | |
Born:(1914-11-25)November 25, 1914 Martinez, California, U.S. | |
Died: March 8, 1999(1999-03-08) (aged 84) Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
May 3, 1936, for the New York Yankees | |
September 30, 1951, for the New York Yankees | |
Batting average | .325 |
Hits | 2,214 |
Home runs | 361 |
Runs batted in | 1,537 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
As player As coach | |
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Induction | 1955 |
Vote | 88.8% (fourth ballot) |
Joseph Paul DiMaggio (;
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Rosalie Maggio
Read Rosalie's obituary here.
Rosalie Maggio was the award-winning author of 24 books, including the two-million-copy bestseller How to Say It; a French-language biography about daredevil Marie Marvingt; books on biased language; two children’s books and hundreds of children’s stories; and one of the largest collections of quotations by women. Published by McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, Morrow Junior, Beacon Books, and others, her books have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean, Hungarian, and Arabic. Featured as a “Bold Type” in Ms. magazine, her work has been discussed in, among others, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her Unspinning the Spin: The Women's Media Center's Guide to Fair and Accurate Language is the source of numerous language discussions on the WMC site as well as the glossary of Name It. Change It: the WMC Media Guide to Gender Neutral Coverage of Women Candidates and Politicians.
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Chris Maggio’s Great American Facade
In a new body of work, the photographer confronts the postelection U.S. landscape with dark humor.
Chris Maggio, Untitled, from the series Bored on the 4th of July, 2017
© and courtesy the artist
Spend enough time on the internet and you will come across a Chris Maggio photograph. It will probably be uncredited, torn from its original context, and memed endlessly. He’s OK with that, and in fact, he takes pride in it. His newly released series, Bored on the 4th of July(2017), blends fact and an extrapolation of truth in the postelection landscape. This ambiguity forces the viewer to confront the absurdities of American culture—what does it say about America that, within these images, it’s hard to discern where fact ends and imagination begins?
Will Matsuda: A lot of photographers have tried to address the current political climate, but these projects often feel heavy-handed. Your new project is both fresh and cutting. Why did you make Bored on the 4th of July?
Chris Maggio: I really appreciate that! I wanted to make a
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