War fever : Boston, baseball, and America in the shadow of the Great War / Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith.

"In War Fever, celebrated sports historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith explore the monumental changes taking place in Boston during the Great War through the stories of three men: Karl Muck, the German conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra;Charles Whittlesey, a Harvard Law Student who was c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roberts, Randy, 1951- (Author)
Smith, Johnny (John Matthew) (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Muck, Karl.
Ruth, Babe, > 1895-1948.
Whittlesey, Charles White, > 1884-1921.
United States. > Army. > Division, 77th > History.
United States. > Army. > Division, 77th.
World War, 1914-1918 > Massachusetts > Boston.
Boston (Mass.) > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > United States.
Xenophobia > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 20th century.
Baseball players > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
Germans > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
Boston (Mass.) > Biography.
Baseball players.
Germans.
Social aspects.
Xenophobia.
Massachusetts > Boston.
United States.
1900-1999
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:xix, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
1 volume ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Boston, baseball, and America in the shadow of the Great War
Format: Book

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