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The Cloudbuster Nine : The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II by Anne R. Keene (2018, Hardcover)

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The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II. Author: Keene, Anne R.; Williams, Claudia [Foreword]. Notes: In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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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.

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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1683582071
ISBN-13
9781683582076
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239426731

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Book Title
Cloudbuster Nine : The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
Author
Anne R. Keene
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, Military / World War II, Baseball / Essays & Writings, Baseball / General, Baseball / Statistics
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History
Number of Pages
380 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz

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Gv863.A1
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"Anne Keene's remarkable The Cloudbuster Nine is a terrific piece of research into a forgotten corner of American history--a place where the myths of major league baseball intersect with the myths of the Second World War. It is also a place inhabited by her own father, who becomes the myth that ties it all together. An excellent read!" --S. C. GWYNNE, author of New York Times bestsellers Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell "My father Ted Williams firmly believed, 'Perfection is attainable if you dare to work hard enough.' I applaud Anne Keene for capturing the untold historical facts of the first group of men who were sent to Chapel Hill for this pathbreaking Naval aviation training program. Coupled with fantastic photos (many of which I had never seen of my father), the stories come to life with amazement in The Cloudbuster Nine. " --CLAUDIA WILLIAMS, author, Ted Williams, My Father "This is a remarkable narrative with three themes: the dedication of athletes who demonstrated the same resolve, to be the best while defending their country, as they did as professional baseball players; the type of individuals who went through the training, and the impact they made across our culture after the war, and, most poignantly, the pursuit of a dream, seemingly so close, yet, ultimately, unattainable and its effect. The Cloudbuster Nine is another example of the unbreakable relationship between the game of baseball and our American way of life." --TED "WILLIAMS" SPENCER, former curator of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum "In Anne Keene's quest to learn about the "gods of baseball" shadowed by her father as a child at the Pre-Flight School, she uncovers an unexplored world and teaches us about the largely-overlooked athletic training programs of the Second World War. Well-written and impeccably researched, this captivating book offers new insights into the training that forged some of the most fabled members of the "Greatest Generation." The Cloudbuster Nine opens a new window into baseball that would appeal to any military buff, and to readers looking for a compelling family memoir." --BILL NOWLIN, author or editor of more than seventy books on baseball including Ted Williams at War "This is a powerful and true account of some of the greatest players who ever played the game and their naval aviation training that helped win WWII. The journey of the Cloudbusters batboy is another central element of the book that will stir the emotions of anyone who ever dreamed or tried to play in the big leagues. If you are a coach or a parent who aims to motivate the next generation of players, read this book." --MIKE CAPPS, radio broadcaster of the Round Rock Express, Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and former CNN correspondent "Baseball fans--both avid and casual--will devour this book like a stadium hot dog. Keene's previously untold story of The Cloudbuster Nine , an unlikely team of Navy pilots-in-training, headlined by the great Ted Williams, is a master stroke of research. It is also a highly readable portrait of a time when Americans pulled together for a greater cause. Interwoven in the main narrative about heroes-on-the-diamond is the poignant story of Keene's father, the team batboy, who wanted nothing more than a baseball career and lived a life of bitter regret. Her skills as a storyteller will make the reader taste the mustard on their hot dogs and hear the crack of every bat. Riveting!" --KATHRYN SMITH, journalist and author of The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined a Presidency
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2017-279230
Illustrated
Yes

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