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Author:

Moore, Gary W. (Gary Warren), 1954-

Title:

Playing with the enemy : a baseball prodigy, a world at war, and a field of broken dreams / Gary W. Moore.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xxv, 306 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Moore, Gene,--1926-1983.
U-505 (Submarine)
Baseball players--United States.
Baseball--United States--History--20th century.
Prisoners of war--Germany.
Prisoners of war--Ruston.--Ruston.
Moore, Gene,--1926-1983.
Sesser (Ill.)--Biography.
Baseball--United States--History.
U-505 (Submarine)
Prisoners of war--Germany.

Summary:

Portrays the life of the author's father, whose budding baseball career with the Brooklyn Dodgers never recovered after his stint as a sailor in World War II, during which he taught top secret German prisoners of war how to play baseball.

ISBN:

0143113887
9780143113881

OCLC:

(OCoLC)183266889

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

MWPB943 -- Dayton Public Library (Dayton)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

TGPD826 -- LeClaire Community Library (Le Claire)

NSPC983 -- Manly Public Library (Manly)

YWPD162 -- Tipton Public Library (Tipton)

MSPA553 -- Wesley Public Library (Wesley)

DWPA413 -- Woden Public Library (Woden)

YQPB532 -- Wyoming Public Library (Wyoming)