Hitting Life’s Curveballs
by Bob Rogers
Publication Date: Feb 15, 2014
List Price: $17.99
Format: Paperback, 332 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781626468719
Imprint: Booklocker
Publisher: Booklocker.com, Inc.
Parent Company: Booklocker.com, Inc.
Paperback Description:
In his native North Carolina, Will battles America’s baseball apartheid by accepting an invitation in 1943 to play on an all-white team. His high school sweetheart is Dena, whose mother disapproves of their romance. The Ku Klux Klan decides to teach Will a lesson in the status quo and attacks. Will escapes Klan pursuit and hides in the US Army where he keeps the 99th Fighter Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen) safe on the ground.
In his native North Carolina, Will battles America’s baseball apartheid by accepting an invitation in 1943 to play on an all-white team. His high school sweetheart is Dena, whose mother disapproves of their romance. The Ku Klux Klan decides to teach Will a lesson in the status quo and attacks. Will escapes Klan pursuit and hides in the US Army where he keeps the 99th Fighter Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen) safe on the ground.
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