The Mosquito Bowl

Author : Buzz Bissinger
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062879943

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The Mosquito Bowl by Buzz Bissinger Pdf

Instant New York Times Bestseller · Winner of the General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation “Buzz Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights is an American classic. With The Mosquito Bowl, he is back with a true story even more colorful and profound. This book too is destined to become a classic. I devoured it.” — John Grisham An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the Boat, from the author of Friday Night Lights and Three Nights in August. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. Which is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what would be the bloodiest battle of the war – the invasion of Okinawa—their ranks included one of the greatest pools of football talent ever assembled: Former All Americans, captains from Wisconsin and Brown and Notre Dame, and nearly twenty men who were either drafted or would ultimately play in the NFL. When the trash-talking between the 4th and 29th over who had the better football team reached a fever pitch, it was decided: The two regiments would play each other in a football game as close to the real thing as you could get in the dirt and coral of Guadalcanal. The bruising and bloody game that followed became known as “The Mosquito Bowl.” Within a matter of months, 15 of the 65 players in “The Mosquito Bowl” would be killed at Okinawa, by far the largest number of American athletes ever to die in a single battle. The Mosquito Bowl is the story of these brave and beautiful young men, those who survived and those who did not. It is the story of the families and the landscape that shaped them. It is a story of a far more innocent time in both college athletics and the life of the country, and of the loss of that innocence. Writing with the style and rigor that won him a Pulitzer Prize and have made several of his books modern classics, Buzz Bissinger takes us from the playing fields of America’s campuses where boys played at being Marines, to the final time they were allowed to still be boys on that field of dirt and coral, to the darkest and deadliest days that followed at Okinawa.

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-10T22:59:00Z
Category : History
ISBN : 9798350039658

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Summary of Buzz Bissinger's The Mosquito Bowl by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 John Jackson McLaughry was a total badass. He wore his brown hair combed forward in the style of Clark Kent, the superhero alter ego of Superman. He had a Clark Kent smile. He could make people feel like they were in the right place at the right time when he was around. He was someone you wanted to be around. He was your older brother. This is how he introduced himself to me: Hi, I’m John. You can call me John. I don’t remember what I said in response. Maybe I was intimidated by his presence, or maybe I was just in awe of this guy who seemed to have it all together and also knew my name and knew it by the first letter. Maybe I was already homesick or just anxious about starting a new chapter of my life away from home and Brown, but my memory is blank. When you are six or seven years old and your parents take you to the theater for the first time, you don’t know what to make of it, so you just sit there and stare at the stage in wonder and maybe a little fear. #2 John McLaughry was a total badass. He introduced himself to me as John, and I was in awe of him. #3 John McLaughry was a total badass. He introduced himself to me as John, and I was in awe of him. He had choices after college, remarkable ones: graduate school in art, an executive training program in business, or a career in pro football. #4 John McLaughlin was a total badass. He introduced himself to me as John, and I was in awe of him. He had choices after college: graduate school in art, an executive training program in business, or a career in pro football.

Author : Wilbur D. Jones, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786454164

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“Football! Navy! War!” by Wilbur D. Jones, Jr. Pdf

Not coincidentally, the sport of football naturally employs terms usually associated with war, such as “aerial attack,” “blitz,” and “trench warfare.” During World War II, the United States military and colleges joined forces and fielded competitive football teams. The book highlights the Department of the Navy’s role in preserving the game and football’s impact on national morale and the war effort through their “lend-lease” to colleges of officer candidates, including All-America and professional players. It describes wartime college and military football throughout the globe and offers listings of college and military teams, records, scores, big games, and statistics; player and team profiles; and a glossary of period football terminology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000097126159

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Marines by Anonim Pdf

Author : Buzz Bissinger
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613124178

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The Classic Mantle by Buzz Bissinger Pdf

Filled with stunning photos, this book by the #1 New York Times–bestselling sportswriter tells the story of Mickey Mantle’s legendary career. Mickey Mantle has long been considered one of baseball's most memorable figures—playing his entire eighteen-year baseball career for the New York Yankees (1951-68), winning three American League MVP titles, playing in twenty All-Star games, and winning seven World Series. Today, decades after his retirement, he still holds six World Series records, including most home runs (18). Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize winner and acclaimed author of Friday Night Lights and Three Nights in August, goes beyond the statistics to bring Mantle to life, and striking photographs by Marvin E. Newman make this book a fitting tribute to Mantle’s career and his lasting impact on the sport of baseball.

Author : Buzz Bissinger
Publisher : HMH
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780547526713

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3 Nights in August by Buzz Bissinger Pdf

This inside view with the Cardinals’ Tony La Russa by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Friday Night Lights “should appeal to any baseball fan” (Publishers Weekly). A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year “Plenty of books have taken us inside baseball, but August takes us directly inside players’ heads.” —Entertainment Weekly 3 Nights in August captures the strategic and emotional complexities of baseball’s quintessential form: the three-game series. As the St. Louis Cardinals battle their archrival, the Chicago Cubs, we watch from the dugout through the eyes of legendary Tony La Russa, considered by many to be the greatest manager of the modern era. In his thirty-three years of managing, La Russa won three World Series titles and was named Manager of the Year a record five times. He now stands as the third-winningest manager in the history of baseball. A great leader, La Russa built his success on the conviction that ball games are won not only by the numbers but also by the hearts and minds of those who play. Drawing on unprecedented access to a major league skipper and his team, Buzz Bissinger portrays baseball with a revelatory intimacy that offers many surprisingly tactical insights—and furthers the debate on major league managerial style and strategy in his provocative afterword. “Superb . . . Will be devoured by hard-core strategists.” —The New York Times Book Review

Author : Virginia Kroll
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781589808836

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Mosquito by Virginia Kroll Pdf

Mosquito buzzes around many different animals and hears "Vamoose" from Moose, "Oh, nuts!" from Squirrel, and "Good heavens!" from Girl, but the tables are turned when Bat arrives. Includes facts about mosquitoes.

Author : Buzz Bissinger
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781101969915

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A Prayer for the City by Buzz Bissinger Pdf

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Friday Night Lights, the heart-wrenching and hilarious true story of an American city on its knees and a man who will do anything to save it. A Prayer for the City is acclaimed journalist Buzz Bissinger's true epic of Philadelphia mayor Ed Rendell, an utterly unique, unorthodox, and idiosyncratic leader willing to go to any length for the sake of his city: take unions head on, personally lobby President Clinton to save 10,000 defense jobs, or wrestle Smiley the Pig on Hot Dog Day—all the while bearing in mind the eternal fickleness of constituents whose favor may hinge on a missed garbage pick-up or an overzealous meter maid. It is also the story of citizens in crisis: a woman fighting ceaselessly to give her great-grandchildren a better life, a father of six who may lose his job at the Navy Shipyard, and a policy analyst whose experiences as a crime victim tempt her to abandon her job and ideals. "Fascinating, humane" (The New Yorker) and alive with detail and insight, A Prayer for the City describes the rare combination of political courage and optimism that may be the only hope for America's urban centers.

Author : Buzz Bissinger
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547816562

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Father's Day by Buzz Bissinger Pdf

The author recounts a father-son road trip during which he gained insight into the worldviews, challenges, and talents of his socially challenged savant son, Zach.

Author : David J. Leonard,Kimberly B. George,Wade Davis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317410898

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Football, Culture and Power by David J. Leonard,Kimberly B. George,Wade Davis Pdf

What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators? What are the consequences of such violence for the participants of this sport and for the entertainment culture in which it exists? This book brings together scholars and sport commentators to examine the relationship between American football, violence and the larger relations of power within contemporary society. From high school and college to the NFL, Football, Culture, and Power analyses the social, political and cultural imprint of America’s national pastime. The NFL’s participation in and production of hegemonic masculinity, alongside its practices of racism, sexism, heterosexism and ableism, provokes us to think deeply about the historical and contemporary systems of violence we are invested in and entertained by. This social scientific analysis of American football considers both the positive and negative power of the game, generating discussion and calling for accountability. It is fascinating reading for all students and scholars of sports studies with an interest in American football and the wider social impact of sport.

Author : Terry Frei
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780870205569

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Third Down and a War to Go by Terry Frei Pdf

On December 11, 1941, All-American football player Dave Schreiner wrote to his parents, "I'm not going to sit here snug as a bug, playing football, when others are giving their lives for their country. ... If everyone tried to stay out of it, what a fine country we'd have!" Schreiner didn't stay out of it. Neither did his Wisconsin Badger teammates, including friend and co-captain Mark "Had" Hoskins and standouts "Crazylegs" Hirsch and Pat Harder. After that legendary 1942 season, the Badgers scattered to serve, fight, and even die around the world. This fully revised edition of the popular hardcover includes follow-up research and updates about many of the '42 Badgers, plus a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Maraniss. Readers and reviewers agree: Terry Frei's heart-wrenching story of Schreiner and his band of brothers is much more than one team's tale. It's an All-American story.

Author : Danny Spewak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538157633

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From the Gridiron to the Battlefield by Danny Spewak Pdf

This book tells the story of the University of Minnesota’s remarkable 1941 football season as they chased a second consecutive national championship even as a divided country veered closer to total war, and chronicles the young players’ contributions to the war effort in the months and years that followed.

Author : Ephraim George Squier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Mosquitia
ISBN : UOM:39015066479737

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Adventures on the Mosquito Shore by Ephraim George Squier Pdf

Author : Muddy Frank
Publisher : Muddy Frank
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9782492620157

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Dude's Gotta Bobsleigh by Muddy Frank Pdf

Magali has to do something she knows her parents won't approve of, so she asks her best friend for help! Slide and ride, Dude! F-F-Foxy's uncle needs as much help as possible to get For young readers comfortable reading longer books. Kids 8 - 12 years old. The adventures of Magali: a French marmot who sneaks out at night to do sports with her friends! Slide and ride, Dude! F-F-Foxy's uncle needs as much help as possible to get the bobsleigh track ready for the Grand Reopening Night. New sleds need transporting, mats need to be fixed, and the track needs to be cleaned. This has to happen at night! Magali's not allowed out at night. How is she going to sneak out? The first job is to bring the new sleds down the mountain, but when Magali and her mates race down on them, they have a whopper mash-up. Big problem! But, it's not the only problem. The badgers keep disrespecting the bobsleigh track rules. Meanwhile, time is fast running out for the Grand Reopening! Will Magali and her friends get it all ready in time to surprise Uncle's J's sweetheart on the big night? A middle grade book series about unexpected friendships, trusting gut instinct, and learning independence! The books have British spelling. Set in La Plagne, Savoie, French Alps Each book can be read as an individual book or as part of the Dude Series (recommended). The series is available in: + English + French + Spanish + Bilingual version (English / français) (English / español) Question for the Author How did you come up with the character of Magali? 'You know, I really love the French Alps, and looking at all the animals that live in the mountains. I'm Australian, so I had never seen a marmot before moving to France. I worked one summer, for a kids' summer camp, and part of my job was to take the children out on walks. We would go looking for marmots, all of us being very quiet, secretly sneaking up to the holes in the ground, where the entrances to the marmot burrows were. Of course, we would make too much noise and the marmots would disappear into their underground tunnels, but sometimes we were lucky and able to take photos. I think their underground homes took over my imagination, and before you knew it, I had a whole chapter book in my head, with Magali as the principal character!'the bobsleigh track ready for the Grand Reopening Night. New sleds need transporting, mats need to be fixed, and the track needs to be cleaned. This has to happen at night. Magali's not allowed out at night. How is she going to sneak out? The first job is to bring the new sleds down the mountain, but when Magali and her mates race down on them, they have a whopper mash-up. Big problem! Not the only problem. The badgers keep disrespecting the bobsleigh track rules. Meanwhile, time is fast running out for the Grand Reopening! Dude, will Magali and her friends get it all ready in time to surprise Uncle's J's sweetheart on the big night? It's not looking likely! A French marmot speed freak! Middle grade book for 8-12 yrs. Young readers will enjoy this fantasy adventure book, set in the French Alps. There are animals of all sizes; foxes, boar, deer, rabbits, eagles, hedgehogs, owls, you name it, sliding down the bobsleigh track at night while Big People are tucked up in their chalets! Each book can be read as an individual book or as part of the Dude Series. The books have British spelling. For ages 8-12 years. Dude's Gotta Snowboard (Book 1) Dude's Gotta River Raft (Book 2) Dude's Gotta Mountain Bike (Book 3) Dude's Gotta Paraglide (Book 4) Dude's Gotta Bobsleigh (Book 5) Dude's Gotta Rock Climb (Book 6) Dude's Gotta Paintball (Book 7) Dude's Gotta Wakeboard (Book 8 Final book in series) Question for the Author How did you come up with the character of Magali? 'You know, I really love the French Alps, and looking at all the animals that live in the mountains. I'm Australian, so I had never seen a marmot before moving to France. I worked one summer, for a kids summer camp, and part of my job was to take the children out on walks. We would go looking for marmots, all of us being very quiet, secretly sneaking up to the holes in the ground, where the entrances to the marmot burrows were. Of course, we would make too much noise and the marmots would disappear into their underground tunnels, but sometimes we were lucky and able to take photos. I think their underground homes took over my imagination, and before you knew it, I had a whole chapter book in my head, with Magali as the principal character!'

Author : Jim Downing
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
ISBN : 9781631467448

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The Other Side of Infamy by Jim Downing Pdf

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