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Season of shattered dreams : postwar baseball, the Spokane Indians, and a tragic bus crash that changed everything
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Title
Season of shattered dreams : postwar baseball, the Spokane Indians, and a tragic bus crash that changed everything / Eric Vickrey.
ISBN
9781538190722
1538190729
9781538190739
Publication
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]
Physical Description
xi, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"In 1946, a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team crashed, leaving nine players dead and six hospitalized. This book tells their stories, primarily through the lives of three key players, following them through WWII, into the 1946 season that was greatly impacted by men returning from overseas, and through the crash that changed everything"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Vickrey, Eric, 1979- Season of shattered dreams Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 01, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Lohrke
Geraghty
Picetti
Autumn 1945
Spring training 1946
Baseball resumes in Spokane
Geraghty and Hartje join Spokane in race for pennant
June 24, 1946
The game must go on
The year after
The ultimate baseball man
Lucky.
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