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The Nats and the Grays : how baseball in the nation's capital survived WWII and changed the game forever / David E. Hubler and Joshua H. Drazen.
Van Pelt Library GV863.W18 H83 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hubler, David, 1941- author.
- Drazen, Joshua H., 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington Nationals (Baseball team).
- Homestead Grays (Baseball team).
- Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1901-1960).
- Baseball--Washington (D.C.)--History.
- Baseball.
- Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1901-1960)--History.
- Homestead Grays (Baseball team)--History.
- Washington Nationals (Baseball team)--History.
- History.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 299 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Summary:
- The Nats and the Grays: Haw Baseball in the Nation's Capital Survived WWII and Changed the Game Forever examines the impact of the war on the two teams in Washington, DC-the Nationals of the American League and the Homestead Grays of the Negro Leagues-as well as on major league baseball as a whole. David E. Hubler and Joshua H. Drazen reveal the uncertainties the game faced each season as the military draft, federal mandates, national rationing, and other wartime regulations 'affected the sport; how the strong friendship between FDR and Nationals team owner Clark Griffith kept the game alive throughout the war; and the Negro Leagues' struggle for recognition, solvency, and integration. This book also looks beyond baseball and describes the crucial events that were taking place on the home front, such as the creation of the GI Bill, the internment of Japanese Americans, labor strikes, and the fight for racial equality. World War II buffs, Negro League historians, baseball enthusiasts, and fans of the present-day Washington Nationals will all find this book on wartime baseball a fascinating and informative read. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1941: Before Pearl Harbor
- 1942: Changing Uniforms
- 1943: Coming Up Just Short
- 1944: Meet Me in St. Louie, Bluege
- 1945: Rounding Third and Heading Home
- 1946: Extra Innings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442245747
- 1442245743
- OCLC:
- 893453734
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