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The best team over there : the untold story of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the great war / Jim Leeke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leeke, Jim, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pitchers (Baseball)--Nebraska--Biography.
- Pitchers (Baseball).
- Baseball players--United States--Biography.
- Baseball players.
- Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 1887-1950.
- Alexander, Grover Cleveland.
- Medicine, Military--United States--History--20th century.
- Medicine, Military.
- Soldiers--Wounds and injuries--United States.
- Soldiers.
- War--Medical aspects--History--20th century.
- War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- Jim Leeke tells the little-known history of Grover Cleveland Alexander and fellow athletes in the 342nd Field Artillery Regiment during the Great War..
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. Alexander the Great
- 2. Laddies from Missouri
- 3. Gridiron
- 4. Chicago
- 5. Fast Nine
- 6. Through a Door
- 7. Camp Funston
- 8. Camp Mills
- 9. Justicia
- 10. Camp de Souge
- 11. Pauillac
- 12. St. Mihiel
- 13. Euvezin
- 14. Armistice
- 15. The March
- 16. Occupied Germany
- 17. Safe at Home
- 18. Postwar
- 19. The Long, Long Trail
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4962-2641-0
- OCLC:
- 1229921933
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