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Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Val Laolagi (illustrator). First printing. Signed and inscribed in blue on the title page, "Especially for Pat! Warmest Regard - Gary W. Moore." Autographed Copy sticker to the front panel. Black hardcover with gilt spine lettering, stated first printing, in dustjacket. A good+ copy with some bending at the spine tips and a bump at the center of the top rear edge. The text is clean and unmarked, with a price erasure to the top of the front endpaper being the only marking. Binding and hinges are solid. The unclipped dustjacket would be very good if not for the remnants of a beastly price sticker at the bottom of the spine panel. A crisp, bright, and attractive jacket other than the label. 301 pp., written and signed by the subject's son, this is the bold story of Gene Moore, the Dodgers, and the U.S. Navy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Inscribed by Author. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports; Baseball; Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 1932714243. ISBN/EAN: 9781932714241. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4193.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed 1st edition, 1st printing, Savas Beatie hardcover w/ DJ, 2006. Book is Near Fine, w/ clean text, tight binding; light age-tanning to pages. DJ is VG+, w/ very light edge/shelf wear (no tears or chips); "autographed copy" sticker on front panel. Signed by author on title page. Free delivery confirmation. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. xxi, [3], 299, [9[ pages. Illustrations. Sticker residue on back of DJ. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Signed on title page. Publisher's promotional baseball card like ephemera laid in. Foreword by Jim Morris. Introduction by John C. Skipper. The national book tour was sponsored by Southwest Airlines. Gary Moore is an American speaker, award winning author, business leader and musician. Moore is married to Arlene Moore (for 35 years), with their three children Toby, Tara Beth and Travis. Gary currently lives with his family in his hometown of Bourbonnais, Illinois. Gary has been featured in publications such as Entrepreneur Magazine, Selling Power Magazine, Sales and Marketing Management Magazine, Impromptu Magazine and Southwest Airlines' Spirit Magazine, and was named the 1995 Chamber of Commerce Businessperson of the Year. In 1996, he was awarded the honorable Sam Walton Leadership Award and has appeared on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. 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.Foreword by baseball legend Jim Morris, former Major League pitcher with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. It was true in the 1940s, and it is still true today: if you have talent, someone will notice. In Gene Moore's case, that someone was the Brooklyn Dodgers. Gene Moore was a farm boy living with his family in Sesser, Illinois, a town so small even map makers ignored it. As a teenager, when he wasn't in school or helping his Pop on the farm, slopping the hogs and doing other chores with his older brother Ward and five sisters, Gene was playing baseball with the guys on the town team. Some were twice his age. The older fellows didn't mind having the Moore kid on their team because he could hit the ball farther than anyone else, he was the best catcher anyone had ever seen, he could throw men out from his knees, and not a ball ever got past him. Gene was 15 years old. Word quickly spread across the United States about the country boy who could hit the ball a country mile. The Dodgers wanted to take a look at this farm kid, barely old enough to shave and still awaiting his first kiss, but brash enough to call the pitches from behind the plate and motion to the infielders and outfielders as to how they should position themselves for certain hitters. Headed for baseball stardom with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Gene's destiny was interrupted by Pearl Harbor. After playing ball for the Navy in the Azores and North Africa, Gene and his team were sent to the States for a special-and top secret-mission: guarding German sailors captured from U-505. Unable to field a team, Gene convinced his commander to allow him to teach the enemy how to play baseball while he and his teammates waited for the war to end so they could be called up into the Major Leagues. But Gene's future changed irrevocably in Louisiana.Playing With the Enemy by Gary W. Moore is a book about Gene Moore, the author's father, whose professional baseball career with the Brooklyn Dodgers was interrupted by World War II. The title comes from the elder Moore's time as a guard in a top-secret prisoner of war camp that was holding the crew of a U-boat 505, a captured German submarine. The book was the winner of the 2006 Military Writer's Society of America Book of the Year. This is also a story about a baseball family--Eugene (Gene) Moore, Sr. (November 9, 1885 - August 31, 1938), nicknamed "Blue Goose", was a left-handed pitcher in Major.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Large, sturdy book, black covers, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 299 pages plus a postscript and drawing of boy holding bat, some full-page illustrations and photographs throughout. On half-title page in blue ink large: "Especially for Tom--Warmest Regards, Gary W. Moore. Also three other inscriptions by Toby Moore, David Rank and Theodore Sovas, which includes a screenwriters for a possible film. DJ glossy beneath mylar, black spine, a color photo of bat, glove, ball and flag on front and back. DJ is price-clipped. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). New York & California: Savas Beatie, 2006. A gorgeous copy of the Limited Edition, this being #386 of 500. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page. SIGNED by him again on the half title page, where the ILLUSTRATOR (Val Laolagi), PUBLISHER REP (Ted Savas) and a contributor (Toby Moore) have also signed. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket NO chips, tears or creases. NO rubbing or fading. NOT price clipped ($29.95). Sharp corners. Clean, square and tight. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing with "First Edition" so stated, and complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Laid-in is a baseball card-like ephemera from the publisher promoting the book. WINNER, NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2006, MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Illustrations by Val Laolagi. Introduction by John C. Skipper. Foreword by baseball legend Jim Morris, former Major League pitcher with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Bound in the original black boards, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the dust jacket: "It was true in the 1940s, and it is still true today: if you have talent, someone will notice. In Gene Moore's case, that someone was the Brooklyn Dodgers. Gene Moore was a farm boy living with his family in Sesser, Illinois, a town so small even map makers ignored it. As a teenager, when he wasn't in school or helping his Pop on the farm, slopping the hogs and doing other chores with his older brother Ward and five sisters, Gene was playing baseball with the guys on the town team. Some were twice his age. The older fellows didn't mind having the Moore kid on their team because he could hit the ball farther than anyone else, he was the best catcher anyone had ever seen, he could throw men out from his knees, and not a ball ever got past him. Gene was 15 years old. Word quickly spread across the United States about the country boy who could hit the ball a country mile. The Dodgers wanted to take a look at this farm kid, barely old enough to shave and still awaiting his first kiss, but brash enough to call the pitches from behind the plate and motion to the infielders and outfielders as to how they should position themselves for certain hitters. Headed for baseball stardom with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Gene's destiny was interrupted by Pearl Harbor. After playing ball for the Navy in the Azores and North Africa, Gene and his team were sent to the States for a special -- and top secret -- mission: guarding German sailors captured from U-505. Unable to field a team, Gene convinced his commander to allow him to teach the enemy how to play baseball while he and his teammates waited for the war to end so they could be called up into the Major Leagues. But Gene's future changed irrevocably in Louisiana. His life . . . and maybe our national pastime . . . was forever altered. Inspired by true events, PLAYING WITH THE ENEMY is the riveting story of a depression-era youth and his brush with destiny. Author Gary Moore, Gene's son, did not learn of his father's remarkable odyssey through World War II and the hardships of minor league baseball until the day before Gene's death. Confronted with evidence of a possible career in baseball, Gene finally broke his decades of silence and spent the next several hours relieving himself of the heavy burden he had been carrying. The stunning news sent the author on his own odyssey as he researched his father's life and interviewed dozens of people. The astonishing story of Gene Moore's life in and out of baseball is an exciting and often heart-wrenching saga that will capture the heart of every red- blooded American who can still smell the fresh-cut summer grass or remember how it felt to tie on the cleats while dreaming of making it to the big leagues. Jammed with memorable characters from an extraordinary time in our country's history, PLAYING WITH THE ENEMY is a story that will be read and reread for generations to come. And it is one you will never forget.". SIGNED by author, illustrator and 2 others. First Printing of Limited Edition386/500. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xxiv, 308pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. First Printing of Limited Edition386/500.