The Cloudbuster Nine : the untold story of Ted Williams and the baseball team that helped win World War II
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New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, 2020.
ISBN
9781683583622, 1683583620
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La Grange Public Library - Stacks | 796.357 KEE | On Shelf |
St. Charles Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 796.357 KEE | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xx, 351 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781683583622, 1683583620
Notes
General Note
Originally published: New York, NY : Sports Publishing, 2018.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Said practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. They and other past and future stars formed one of the greatest baseball teams of all time. They were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a child, Anne Keene's father, Jim Raugh, suited up as the team batboy and mascot. He got to know his baseball heroes personally, watching players hit the road on cramped, tin-can buses, dazzling factory workers, kids, and service members at dozens of games, including a war-bond exhibition with Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium. Jimmy followed his baseball dreams as a college All-American but was crushed later in life by a failed major-league bid with the Detroit Tigers. He would have carried this story to his grave had Anne not discovered his scrapbook from a Navy school that shaped America's greatest heroes including George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford, John Glenn, and Paul "Bear" Bryant. With the help of rare images and insights from World War II baseball veterans such as Dr. Bobby Brown and Eddie Robinson, the story of this remarkable team is brought to life for the first time in The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Keene, A. R. (2020). The Cloudbuster Nine: the untold story of Ted Williams and the baseball team that helped win World War II . Skyhorse Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Keene, Anne R. 2020. The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II. Skyhorse Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Keene, Anne R. The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II Skyhorse Publishing, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Keene, Anne R. The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II Skyhorse Publishing, 2020.
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