Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home

Moore, Gary W.

ISBN 10: 0143113887 / ISBN 13: 9780143113881

Published by Penguin Books (edition Reprint), 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home
• Publisher: Penguin Books (edition Reprint)
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143113887
• ISBN 13: 9780143113881
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Part Tuesdays with Morrie, part Field of Dreams: a true American story of World War II and redemption

Driven by word of mouth and the author's heroic efforts to tell the world his father's story, Playing with the Enemy was a surprise hardcover hit for its independent publisher. Gary Moore's book about his father--a baseball phenom whose future in the majors was cut short by World War II and a fateful occurrence during a top secret mission for the U.S. Navy--is a warm-hearted memoir of faded dreams and new hope that is destined for the bestseller lists. Filled with memorable characters from an extraordinary time in our country's history, it is a truly redemptive story that will be read and reread for generations to come.

About the Author

Gary W. Moore is the author of the critically acclaimed book Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home, which won the 2006 Military Writers Society of America Book of the Year. Moore is also a contributing author for Chicken Soup for the Father & Son Soul. He was awarded the prestigious Sam Walton Leadership Award in 1996. He has made appearances on CNN, ABC, and CBS.

In three months, Jim Morris went from being a 35 year-old high school teacher to a major league baseball pitcher. He wrote the foreword to Gary W. Moore’s Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home.