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Martin Peter Quigley (1913–2000)

Teoksen The crooked pitch: The curveball in American baseball history tekijä

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Winners and Losers is such a stoic story! In Part I: Soldier, we first follow the life of Damon Mitchell as a staff Sergeant and patrol leader in World War II. It is while he is behind enemy lines in Germany that he learns of his younger brother Johnny's death. In Part II: Boy, we jump backward in time to Mitchell's teenage years to when his father loses his job in the Great Depression and family dynamics start to change. Damon must go out and get a job to help support the family. It's at this point in the story we learn how close Johnny and Damon are as brothers and how removed Damon is from friendships and other meaningful relationships. In Part III: Man, Damon is becoming more and more successful. As he moves up the corporate ladder he becomes lonelier and lonelier. He is winning and losing at the same time.… (lisätietoja)
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SeriousGrace | Apr 17, 2014 |
Little known novel of a B-26 crewman serving on Corsica with the 12th AF. Pretty average, with some good parts. Cover has little to do with story but interesting anyways.
 
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5
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60
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#277,520
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4.0
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2
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3

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