Season of shattered dreams : postwar baseball, the Spokane Indians, and a tragic bus crash that changed everything

Season of shattered dreams Postwar baseball, the Spokane Indians, and a tragic bus crash that changed everything

Eric Vickrey, 1979-

Book - 2024

"In 1946, a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team crashed, leaving nine players dead and six hospitalized. This book tells their stories, primarily through the lives of three key players, following them through WWII, into the 1946 season that was greatly impacted by men returning from overseas, and through the crash that changed everything"--

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Subjects
Spokane Indians (Baseball team)
Baseball teams > Washington (State) > Spokane > History > 20th century.
Minor league baseball > United States > History > 20th century.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Bus accidents > United States > History > 20th century.
SPORTS & RECREATION / General.
Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield [2024]
Language
English
Main Author
Eric Vickrey, 1979- (author)
Physical Description
xi, 179 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781538190722
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • 1. Lohrke
  • 2. Geraghty
  • 3. Picetti
  • 4. Autumn 1945
  • 5. Spring Training 1946
  • 6. Baseball Resumes in Spokane
  • 7. Hartje Joins Race for Pennant
  • 8. June 24, 1946
  • 9. The Game Must Go On
  • 10. The Year After
  • 11. The Ultimate Baseball Man
  • 12. Lucky
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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