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Author : Jeri Cipriano
Publisher : Red Chair Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781684526499
Some people call him the smartest baseball player of all time. Moe Berg could speak twelve languages—and make up signs on the baseball diamond. How did this major league catcher go on to become an American spy in World War II?
Author : Nicholas Dawidoff
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307807090
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Now a major motion picture starring Paul Rudd “A delightful book that recounts one of the strangest episodes in the history of espionage. . . . . Relentlessly entertaining.”—The New York Times Book Review Moe Berg is the only major-league baseball player whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA. For Berg was much more than a third-string catcher who played on several major league teams between 1923 and 1939. Educated at Princeton and the Sorbonne, he as reputed to speak a dozen languages (although it was also said he couldn't hit in any of them) and went on to become an OSS spy in Europe during World War II. As Nicholas Dawidoff follows Berg from his claustrophobic childhood through his glamorous (though equivocal) careers in sports and espionage and into the long, nomadic years during which he lived on the hospitality of such scattered acquaintances as Joe DiMaggio and Albert Einstein, he succeeds not only in establishing where Berg went, but who he was beneath his layers of carefully constructed cover. As engrossing as a novel by John le Carré, The Catcher Was a Spy is a triumphant work of historical and psychological detection.
Author : Tricia Andryszewski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1562946102
Traces the life of a man who managed two successful careers, as a baseball player and as a secret agent during World War II.
Author : Carrie Jones
Publisher : Kar-Ben Publishing (R)
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512458640
"Biography of Major League Baseball catcher and coach who was a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Sam Kean
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780316381666
From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb. Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely have the secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the middle of building an atomic bomb, the leaders of the Manhattan Project were alarmed to learn that Nazi Germany was far outpacing the Allies in nuclear weapons research. Hitler, with just a few pounds of uranium, would have the capability to reverse the entire D-Day operation and conquer Europe. So they assembled a rough and motley crew of geniuses -- dubbed the Alsos Mission -- and sent them careening into Axis territory to spy on, sabotage, and even assassinate members of Nazi Germany's feared Uranium Club. The details of the mission rival the finest spy thriller, but what makes this story sing is the incredible cast of characters -- both heroes and rogues alike -- including: Moe Bergm, the major league catcher who abandoned the game for a career as a multilingual international spy; the strangest fellow to ever play professional baseball. Werner Heisenberg, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist credited as the discoverer of quantum mechanics; a key contributor to the Nazi's atomic bomb project and the primary target of the Alsos mission. Colonel Boris Pash, a high school science teacher and veteran of the Russian Revolution who fled the Soviet Union with a deep disdain for Communists and who later led the Alsos mission. Joe Kennedy Jr., the charismatic, thrill-seeking older brother of JFK whose need for adventure led him to volunteer for the most dangerous missions the Navy had to offer. Samuel Goudsmit, a washed-up physics prodigy who spent his life hunting Nazi scientists -- and his parents, who had been swept into a concentration camp -- across the globe. Irène and Frederic Joliot-Curie, a physics Nobel-Prize winning power couple who used their unassuming status as scientists to become active members of the resistance. Thrust into the dark world of international espionage, these scientists and soldiers played a vital and largely untold role in turning back one of the darkest tides in human history.
Author : Louis Kaufman,Barbara Fitzgerald,Tom Sewell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0848813871
Author : Neil Farkas
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780557722600
This book contains a scanned handwritten copy of Moe Berg's notebook that was written in 1960. "The notebook contains facts, data and notes regarding the politics and history of baseball prior to 1960"--p. 13
Author : Peter Morris
Publisher : Government Institutes
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781615780037
Today the baseball catcher is a familiar but uninspiring figure. Decked out in the so-called tools of ignorance, he stolidly goes about his duty without attracting much attention. But it wasn't always that way, as Peter Morris shows in this lively and original study. In baseball's early days, catchers stood a safe distance back of the batter. Then the introduction of the curveball in the 1870s led them to move up directly behind home plate, even though they still wore no gloves or protective equipment. Extraordinary courage became the catcher's most notable requirement, but the new positioning also demanded that the catcher have lightning-fast reflexes, great hands, and a cannon for a throwing arm. With so great a range of needed skills, a special mystique came to surround the position, and it began to seem that a good catcher could single-handedly make the difference between winning and losing.
Author : Jon M. Fishman
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541537620
Aaron Judge broke a thirty-year-old MLB record and won the home run derby—as a rookie. And he shows no signs of slowing down. Sports fans will love this high-action book about one of baseball's newest stars.
Author : Lee Patrick
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781644932940
This exciting book introduces readers to the life and career of baseball star Christian Yelich. Colorful spreads, fun facts, interesting sidebars, and a map of important places in his life make this a thrilling read for young sports fans.
Author : Tammy Gagne
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612285160
Many San Francisco Giants fans believe there is nothing Buster Posey can't do, and they have plenty of reason. In 2010, Buster led his new team to a World Series championshipÑthe Giants' first since 1954. He and the rest of the Giants were halfway through the 2011 season when a game against the Florida Marlins left him with a broken leg. It looked like Buster could be on the injured list for a long time. The same hard work that had paved his way to the majors, though, helped him return to the field in 2012. Buster's return would mark a repeat World Series win for the GiantsÑa sweeping victory in the first four games.
Author : Tammy Gagne
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612281735
Many Major League Baseball players have inspiring success stories. Some players were discovered at a young age. Others beat great odds to become a professional athlete. A few even have careers that have lasted decades. Roy Halladay’s story is different in one important way. His career has included both success and failure. Fortunately, Roy’s failures have never kept him down for long. One of the Phillies Four Aces, Halladay is a star athlete in his own right—and an inspiration both on and off the field.
Author : Joan Wehlen Morrison
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781613744604
Wednesday, December 10, 1941"Hitler speaks to Reichstag tomorrow. We just heard the first casualty lists over the radio. ... Lots of boys from Michigan and Illinois. Oh my God! ... Life goes on though. We read our books in the library and eat lunch, bridge, etc. Phy. Sci. and Calculus. Darn Descartes. Reading Walt Whitman now." This diary of a smart, astute, and funny teenager provides a fascinating record of what an everyday American girl felt and thought during the Depression and the lead-up to World War II. Young Chicagoan Joan Wehlen describes her daily life growing up in the city and
Author : Ryan Nagelhout
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781680481006
Red Sox fans fill Fenway Park in Boston to see the living legend David Ortiz play. Known as "Big Papi," the designated hitter Ortiz has astonished baseball fans with huge hits and a big smile. In this fact-filled biography, readers discover that Ortiz learned about baseball from his father in the Dominican Republic. They follow Ortiz's path from high school to his first professional contract with the Seattle Mariners, his trade to the Minnesota Twins, and then his outstanding hitting and World Series triumphs with the Red Sox. A timeline and list of other living legends of baseball are included.
Author : Robert K. Fitts
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781496210005
In November 1934 as the United States and Japan drifted toward war, a team of American League all-stars that included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, future secret agent Moe Berg, and Connie Mack barnstormed across the Land of the Rising Sun. Hundreds of thousands of fans, many waving Japanese and American flags, welcomed the team with shouts of "Banzai! Banzai, Babe Ruth!" The all-stars stayed for a month, playing 18 games, spawning professional baseball in Japan, and spreading goodwill. Politicians on both sides of the Pacific hoped that the amity generated by the tour--and the two nations' shared love of the game--could help heal their growing political differences. But the Babe and baseball could not overcome Japan's growing nationalism, as a bloody coup d'état by young army officers and an assassination attempt by the ultranationalist War Gods Society jeopardized the tour's success. A tale of international intrigue, espionage, attempted murder, and, of course, baseball, Banzai Babe Ruth is the first detailed account of the doomed attempt to reconcile the United States and Japan through the 1934 All American baseball tour. Robert K. Fitts provides a wonderful story about baseball, nationalism, and American and Japanese cultural history.