The Corporal Was a Pitcher: The Courage of Lou Brissie
by Ira Berkow
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 1600781047
- ISBN 13
- 9781600781049
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Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Triumph Books, 2009. Hardcover. New/New. A clean crisp well preserved 2009 Triumph Books hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Lou Brissie's extraordinary story is one that takes readers from the terrifying battlefields in Europe in World War II to the playing fields in Philadelphia. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ira Berkow brings together the unforgettable memories of a hero's life, telling the tales of a man who overcame incredible odds with his leg in a protective metal case to realize his dream of pitching in the major leagues. Brissie recounts amazing stories, including Brissie's leg injury and how he was left for dead in the snow and mud of the Appenines in Italy, his pleading with doctors to not surgically remove his leg so that he might one day play professional baseball, the numerous surgeries and his improbable road to recovery, his friendship with Connie Mack and the opportunity to pitch after his injury, being named to the 1949 All-Star team as member of the Philadelphia Athletics, the big scare Brissie received when a Ted Williams line drive struck his wounded leg, and his regular visits for the past 60 years to both veteran's hospitals and children's hospital wards. The Corporal Was a Pitcher is a must-read not only for baseball fans, but also for anyone looking to find inspiration from a man who never quit despite the odds being stacked so highly against him.
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- Bookseller
- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1823
- Title
- The Corporal Was a Pitcher: The Courage of Lou Brissie
- Author
- Ira Berkow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1600781047
- ISBN 13
- 9781600781049
- Publisher
- Triumph Books
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Il
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Lou Brissie, Baseball, Baseball player, Sports memoir, Soldier, Philadelphia, MLB, Major League Baseball, Pitcher, Pitching, Memoir, Philadelphia Athletics, Connie Mack, Corporal,
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