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Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When the United States officially entered World War I in 1917, it was woefully underprepared for chemical warfare, in which the British, French, and Germans had been engaged since 1915. In response, the U.S. Army created an entirely new branch: the Chemical Warfare Service. The army turned to trained chemists and engineers to lead the charge—and called on an array of others, including baseball players, to fill out the ranks. The Gas and Flame Men...
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Language
English
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"Pete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He had compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a record he set decades ago, which still stands. At the same time, he was a working-class white guy from Cincinnati who made it; less talented than tough, and rough around the edges. He was everything that America wanted and needed him to be, the American dream personified, until he wasn't. In the 1980s Pete Rose came to be at the center of the...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The heartwarming underdog story of the 1924 Washington Senators, who went from a second-rate ballclub to World Champions under the leadership of 27-year-old player-manager Bucky Harris and one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Walter Johnson." --
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A behind-the-scenes look at baseball history, as told through timeless interviews with major leaguers. For fifty years, bestselling author Peter Golenbock has been interviewing some of the most fascinating figures in baseball. Their conversations are a journey back in time to the days of Ruth and Gehrig, Gehringer and Greenberg, Robinson and Reese, and Howard and Mantle, as they reflect on the sport’s greatest moments and biggest issues. In Baseball...
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