For the Good of the Country: World War II Baseball in the Major and Minor Leagues

by David Finoli

Like virtually every other aspect of American life, baseball was affected by World War II. Many of its players left the playing field for the battlefield, but the game continued, played by those who stayed behind. Wartime baseball entertained a nation in desperate need of a diversion and a morale boost in a time of crisis.

This book studies baseball during World War II, with both a statistical analysis of the game and stories of its players--those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786413700
• ISBN13: 9780786413706
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher