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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821066703321

Autore

Leeke Jim <1949->

Titolo

The best team over there : the untold story of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the great war / / Jim Leeke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-4962-2641-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

796.357092273

Soggetti

Pitchers (Baseball) - Nebraska

Baseball players - United States

Medicine, Military - United States - History - 20th century

Soldiers - Wounds and injuries - United States

War - Medical aspects - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Alexander the Great -- 2. Laddies from Missouri -- 3. Gridiron -- 4. Chicago -- 5. Fast Nine -- 6. Through a Door -- 7. Camp Funston -- 8. Camp Mills -- 9. Justicia -- 10. Camp de Souge -- 11. Pauillac -- 12. St. Mihiel -- 13. Euvezin -- 14. Armistice -- 15. The March -- 16. Occupied Germany -- 17. Safe at Home -- 18. Postwar -- 19. The Long, Long Trail -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Jim Leeke tells the little-known history of Grover Cleveland Alexander and fellow athletes in the 342nd Field Artillery Regiment during the Great War..