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Duty, Honor, Victory: America's Athletes in WWII. Gary Bloomfield. (HB)
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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Modification Description
- Embossed stamp inside.
- Signed
- No
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Book Series
- Historical
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Modified Item
- Yes
- Subject
- History
- Vintage
- Yes
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Historical
- Unit Type
- Unit
- Illustrator
- NA
- Special Attributes
- Dust Jacket
- Personalized
- Yes
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Unit Quantity
- 1
- ISBN
- 9781592280674
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1592280676
ISBN-13
9781592280674
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6026392
Product Key Features
Book Title
Duty, Honor, Victory : America's Athletes in World War II
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / General, General, Sports
Publication Year
2003
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-015616
Reviews
"It's hard to imagine Derek Jeter or Tiger Woods heading to Iraq to join the U.S. armed forces. But in World War II no American man between the ages of 20 and 45 was too big to serve-except for the basketball players who exceeded the Army's 6'6' limits for recruits, a situation illustrated in this excellent book. Part log, part pictorial and total history lesson, this book could be sent to school with your kids and used for social studies class. Riveting and moving."--Sports Illustrated, "This survey tells, with a refreshing lack of sentimentality, the tales of sportsmen who found themselves in a far deadlier kind of combat. Bloomfield not only shows us a little-known side of World War II but also surveys a fascinating moment in American sports history."-- Booklist, "This survey tells, with a refreshing lack of sentimentality, the tales of sportsmen who found themselves in a far deadlier kind of combat. Bloomfield not only shows us a little-known side of World War II but also surveys a fascinating moment in American sports history."--Booklist, "Duty, Honor, Victory, which reaches the bookshelves as we celebrate Veterans Day, is a most welcome appreciation."-- ForeWord " Bloomfield's extensively researched book¿is a must-have for any sports-history fan. It's encyclopedic in scope and richly illustrated with fascinating photos."-- Army Time's, "It's hard to imagine Derek Jeter or Tiger Woods heading to Iraq to join the U.S. armed forces. But in World War II no American man between the ages of 20 and 45 was too big to serve-except for the basketball players who exceeded the Army's 6'6' limits for recruits, a situation illustrated in this excellent book. Part log, part pictorial and total history lesson, this book could be sent to school with your kids and used for social studies class. Riveting and moving."-- Sports Illustrated
Synopsis
"It's hard to imagine Derek Jeter or Tiger Woods heading to Iraq to join the U.S. Armed Forces. But in World War II no American man between the ages of 20 and 45 was too big to serve-except for the basketball players who exceeded the Army's 6'6" limits for recruits, a situation illustrated in this excellent book. Part log, part pictorial, and total history lesson, this book could be sent to school with your kids and used for social studies class. Riveting and moving." -Sports Illustrated Painstakingly researched and profusely illustrated, DUTY, HONOR, VICTORY tells the stories of the well-known athletes whose onfield exploits brought another type of fame, but whose battlefield duty has long been overlooked. Here is football's Chuck Bednarik flying bombing missions over Germany, baseball's Bob Feller commanding an anti-aircraft gun crew aboard the USS Alabama; Warren Spahn wounded and nearly killed when the bridge at Remagen collapses, or Yogi Berra on a rocket boat in Normandy. Here are boxer Gene Tunney, ballplayer Bert Shepard. Winter Olympic athletes in the famed Tenth Mountain Division, black athletes in the Tuskegee Airmen. DUTY, HONOR, VICTORY covers all sports, from tennis, golf, and baseball to football, and basketball. The well-known professionals, the lesser-known college athletes, and those who toiled in obscurity-they all performed their duty extraordinarily. DUTY, HONOR, VICTORY covers World War II from the origins of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in the 1930s through their defeats in 1945-and extends into 1946 and the integration of major league baseball. DUTY, HONOR, VICTORY covers a wide range of athletes, whose love of competition served them well in battle: Dizzy Dean, Larry Doby, Enos Slaughter, Monte Irvin, Pee Wee Reese, Art Donovan, Pete Gray, Jackie Robinson, Gil Hodges, Hoyt Wilhelm, Emlen Tunnell, and scores of others.
LC Classification Number
D810.A79B56 2003
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