Baseball's Pivotal Era, 1945-1951 by William Marshall

Baseball's Pivotal Era, 1945-1951 by William Marshall

With personal interviews of players and owners and with over two decades of research in newspapers and archives, Bill Marshall tells of the players, the pennant races, and the officials who shaped one of the most memorable eras in sports and American history.

William Marshall is a serving lieutenant colonel in the South African National Defence Force, currently posted to the Joint Operations Division as staff officer, Doctrine Development Centre. He saw active service during the Border War and in 1987 was seconded to the newly formed KwaNdebele Defence Force. William went on to serve with 115 SA Infantry Battalion as second in command and in 1998, was posted to 73 SA Bde as HQ Unit Commander. He has a passion for things Second World War and helped with the development of the SA Colours & Markings series of books. He has also assisted with a number of other publications including the Polish-printed Armor Color Gallery work on the Comet tank and a French publication on the Marmon-Herrington armoured car. He has published two works on the 6th SA Armoured Division in Italy during 2010 and has just published a History of the Marmon-Herrington armoured car.

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ISBN 13	9780813120416
ISBN 10	0813120411
Title	Baseball's Pivotal Era, 1945-1951
Author	William Marshall
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The University Press of Kentucky
Year published	1999-02-25
Number of pages	528
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