DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Continuing our conversation now from the last hour with Richard Ben Cramer, who has a new biography out on Joe DiMaggio. Talked a little bit about his financial matters in the last hour. You also write in the book about his personal life and how his relationship with Marilyn Monroe continued way past the time they divorced.</s>RICHARD BEN CRAMER, AUTHOR, "JOE DIMAGGIO: THE HERO'S LIFE": Yes; you know, the marriage was the biggest news of 1950s. It was Mr. and Mrs. America. But it really only lasted nine months. But after the marriage they really became friends and Marilyn knew she could count on Joe whenever she needed anything. By eight years after the divorce, they were reconciled. They were going to be married again; but they set a date of August 8. They -- Marilyn had a dress ordered, she had the caterers called, trees in the backyard -- and four days before that date she was dead.</s>KAGAN: A lot of very interesting stories in your book. The criticisms: You don't have a lot of sources, or you don't name your sources. You're a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, you know the rules of the game -- why not name more sources in your book to substantiate the claims that you make?</s>CRAMER: Well, it's basically a matter of the writing. You know, I wanted it to be a story that could sweep people along. I wanted to take them to Joe's world. And if you put in footnotes or if you put in, according to so and so, you jerk the reader out of the story. So I listed hundreds of sources in the author's note after the book. But, while the story is going on, I'd much rather the writer just ride with me.</s>KAGAN: And we'll let people read and decide for themselves. Richard Ben Cramer, thanks for sticking with us this last hour.</s>CRAMER: It's great to be with you, thanks.
New Biography of Joe DiMaggio Asserts he was to Remarry Marilyn Monroe