Bibliograph

September 1918, war, plague, and the world series, Skip Desjardin

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September 1918, war, plague, and the world series, Skip Desjardin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 261-280) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

September 1918

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1049607454

Responsibility statement

Skip Desjardin

Sub title

war, plague, and the world series

Summary

"One hundred years ago, in September 1918, three things came to Boston: war, plague, and the World Series. This is the unimaginable story of that late summer month, in which a division of Massachusetts militia volunteers led the first unified American fighting force into battle in France, turning the tide of World War I. Meanwhile the world's deadliest pandemic--the Spanish Flu--erupted in Boston and its suburbs, bringing death on a terrifying scale first to military facilities and then to the civilian population. At precisely the same time, in a baseball season cut short on the homefront and amidst the surrounding ravages of death, a young pitcher named Babe Ruth rallied the sport's most dominant team, the Boston Red Sox, to a World Series victory--the last World Series victory the Sox would see for eighty-six years."--Jacket flap

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