They Also Served: Baseball and the Home Front, 1941-1945

by Bill Gilbert

Tells how baseball players who could not become soldiers boosted the morale of fans during World War II by maintaining--in accordance with orders from the president--the national pastime in a time of national crisis. 17,500 first printing.

Genres: Baseball, History, World War II, Sports, Nonfiction

276 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 1992

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable read. A few minor errors related to military developments but nothing to really detract from the book overall.

[Ronald · Rating 4 out of 5]

read some time in 1995

[Miranda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interviewed the author