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Download or read book When Cobb Met Wagner written by David Finoli and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1909 World Series featured Hall of Fame players Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner and was the first championship to extend to Game Seven, the final and deciding game. This work examines the entire regular season of both the Tigers and the Pirates but pays special attention to the seven games of that World Series. Includes 54 photographs, complete club statistics, biographical and career thumbnails, box scores for each series game, and tables on the acquisition of each player as well as information on how they departed.
Download or read book Wolverines in the Sky written by Andrew Layton and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolverines in the Sky tells the story of Michigan's fighter aces; 56 men who distinguished themselves as some of the greatest aviators in history by shooting down five or more enemy aircraft in flight. Wolverines in the Sky is a fitting tribute to a group of men who answered America's call to service and defended her under exceptional circumstances. It's a book not to be missed by any patriot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An excellent account of Michigan's aces. I thoroughly enjoyed every word of it. - Stanley J. Bozich, Curator, Michigan's Own Military and Space Museum Andrew Layton is a home school graduate who has enjoyed a love for history and our nation's veterans for as long as he can remember. It was this passion that inspired him to begin writing Wolverines in the Sky at the age of fourteen after personally contacting each of America's living fighter aces to thank them for their service.
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Download or read book Eagles Wings written by Andrew Layton and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the onset of World War II, two childhood friends embark on separate paths that simultaneously thrust them into the terror of war over the skies of Europe. Both are seriously wounded, and both spend a year as prisoners of war. Through an unlikely series of events, the men are later reunited and sent to the same orthopedic hospital located just blocks from their childhood homes. (Practical Life)
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