ISBN: 9781932714241 - playing with the enemy: a baseball prodigy, a world at war, and a field of broken dreams (33 risultati)

Condizione: like_new. Fast Free Shipping â" Excellent condition book with clean cover and pages. Barely handled, with minimal wear. An outstanding copy, close to enjoy.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Born in a tiny, one-horse town in Ilinois, Gene Moore quickly discovered he had one remarkable gift: an ability to play baseball like a Major League hitter. Before long, Moore was being selected alongside men twice his age to play on the town team.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Condizione: very_good. Fast Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Born in a tiny, one-horse town in Ilinois, Gene Moore quickly discovered he had one remarkable gift: an ability to play baseball like a Major League hitter. Before long, Moore was being selected alongside men twice his age to play on the town team.

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Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition and first printing (both stated), hardcover and dust jacket in excellent, unmarked, next-to-pristine condition (slight handling, slight rubbing of the DJ gloss, pages slightly age-yellowed, one dog-eared page corner). 301 pages. The author taught baseball to U-Boat prisoners. [1.2 lbs]. Book. …

HARDCOVER. Condizione: Near Fine. Fine dj. xxiv. + 302pp. Illustrated in black & white: occasional photographs plus full page drawings by Val Laolagi. xxiv. + 302pp. + blanks. Book Club Edition (BCE). Foreword by Jim Morris. Introduction by John Skipper. Light shelfwear else appears never read: no writings or spine creases. Jacket complete/clean/crisp. Near Fine/Fine dj. (light shelfwear, appears never read: no writings, no tears).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition First Printing With A Complete Number Line. The Book Is Bound In Black Paper Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Upper Corner Is Bumped And There Is A Former Owner's Sticker Attached To The Front Pastedown. The Unclipped Jacket ($29.95) Has Light Surface Wear.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Savas Beatie, New York, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Spine is straight with firm binding and sharp corners. The interior is clean and unmarked. Pages are a bit age-darkened, else fine. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $29.95 price, no chips, tears, creases or other defects. Protected in a clear mylar cover. Blending baseball with WW II history, the author based this novel on the true story of his father, Gene Moore, who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers before the war. Carefully packaged and shipped in a sturdy cardboard box. Val Laolagi, pencil illustrations (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: good. 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. Val Laolagi (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in hardcover with fine jacket. Inscribed on title page.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st edition. Inscribed by Author. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust jacket 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. …

Condizione: very good, good. 301, illus., small tear and some creasing to bottom of DJ spine. Foreword by Jim Morris. The author's father, Gene Moore, was recruited by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940 at fifteen years old, but his baseball dream was cut short when the United States entered World War II. Gene enlisted in the U.S. Navy to play baseball on the Navy team; in 1944, guarding German sailors captured from U-505 in 1944, Gene taught the enemy how to play baseball. Val Laolagi (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: 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). …

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: 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. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: 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. Condizione: Good. Slight wear on the edges and corners, but otherwise in good shape. Slight page tanning, but text is unmarked and uncreased. Firm bindings. Publisher's note: 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 someon 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 forgrt. About the Author: Gary W. Moore is the president and managing partner of Covenant Air and Water, LLC, a motivational speaker, and an accomplished musician Size: 16.5 x 23.7 x 3.1 cm. xxi, 299 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Baseball -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; ISBN: 1932714243. ISBN/EAN: 9781932714241. Add. Inventory No: 240210RST004007.…