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The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age by Robert Weintraub

Garylovestoread, April 15, 2013

A great story. Withe the end of World War 2, thousands of GIs came back to the U.S. to try and get their lives on track once again. Among them were some of baseball's greatest players. Williams, Dimaggio, Feller, Slaughter. Try to reacclimate themselves into society, they not only had to readjust to a different landscape from before they left, but also trying to win their jobs back in baseball. Imagine today's game where a roster is basically set and a few lesser known players are invited to camp. In 1946, hundreds of ball players were looking for work. Camps may have had 25 lefties alone trying to make a staff. Add to this the dawning of integrated baseball and what people knew and saw before the war would never be the same. But the season was played and it was what the American people needed. The National Pastime in all its glory. Robert Weintraub does a great job bringing to life that magical season in an easy to read and enjoy style. I recommend this book to those who love sports, history, and those who may just want to see what life was like in a different era

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The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden by Mark Bowden

Garylovestoread, December 3, 2012

An incredible read. As I read through the account of the tracking and subsquent killing of Osama Bin Laden, I felt like I was reading a Ludlum or Clancy novel. Even though I knew the outcome, I was still on the edge of my seat reading through the process and at the end I was utterly exhausted. For those of you who have doubts about the capabilities of President Obama, the CIA and the military, then you won't after reading this excellent story. The decisions that had to be made, the priorities that had to be shifted, the planning, the double planning and the triple planning. I recommend this book to all Americans who lived through the horrors of 9/11 and the subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and thought that the bad guy would never be caught. All I know is that thank goodness we live in the greatest country on Earth and their are people like Obama, the CIA and the Military who know their mission and don't swerve away from it until it is complete. USA USA USA USA.

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Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

Garylovestoread, October 8, 2012

Bill O'Reilly has done it again. In Killing Lincoln, he transported us via time machine to the end of the Civil War. While we read about the South's last gasp attempt to win the war, we saw President Lincoln masterfully creating hope that the days and years after the war would be peaceful. O'Reilly offers us a seat in Ford's Theater as we witness the President's final moments before he was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth. In Killing Kennedy, O'Reilly transports us to Cuba, Russia, Washington and finally Dallas where the age of Camelot ended with the killing of President Kennedy. We sit with President Kennedy as he faces down the Russians in their efforts to place nuclear missles in Cuba. We see his affairs with beautiful women and the love he has for his children. We feel bot the tension in the Cabinet Room and the joy he finds with his family and all things to do with the water. MR. O'Reilly, I can't believe in your political point of view, but I'm happy to read anything you have to offer in history. An outstanding job. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read about a dark day in this countries history.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City by Jonathan Mahler

Garylovestoread, August 15, 2012

What a book! What a year! If your a Yankee fan, a New York City fan, or just a fan of a good read, pick up this book ASAP and read through it. You'll probably lose sleep because you won't want to put it down, but it was totally worth the effort. Just when it looked like New York was down for the count - its heart and soul and civic fabric seemingly bankrupt and burned - the city rose, incapable of dropping dead (see Ford, Gerald). Jonathan Mahler takes us on a mesmerizing trip down in the dark recesses of racist politics and up into the bright lights of Broadway and Yankee Stadium, transporting us back to a year that turned out to be not the end but morning at last after the city's longest night. Nice job Mr. Mahler.

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Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster by Jonathan Eig

Garylovestoread, August 4, 2012

An excellent reading about the #1 criminal of all time. As bad as al capone was, its
Unreal how bad the people who ruled chicago were. Mayors, the police
Fedetal agents were all in his pocket. Even after all the
murder and mayhem, the only way he is stopped is by
The irs and syphilis. Who knew i would be rooting for those two different entities. Good job mr. Eig i really enjoyed this book.

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