{"product_id":"september-1918-skip-desjardin-9781621576204","title":"September 1918: War, Plague, and the World Series","description":"One hundred years ago, in September 1918, three things came to Boston: war, plague, and the World Series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the unimaginable story of that late summer month, in which a division of Massachusetts militia volunteers led the first unified American fighting force into battle in France, turning the tide of World War I. Meanwhile the world's deadliest pandemic--the Spanish Flu--erupted in Boston and its suburbs, bringing death on a terrifying scale first to military facilities and then to the civilian population. At precisely the same time, in a baseball season cut short on the homefront and amidst the surrounding ravages of death, a young pitcher named Babe Ruth rallied the sport's most dominant team, the Boston Red Sox, to a World Series victory--the last World Series victory the Sox would see for 86 years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSeptember 1918: War, Plague and the World Series\u003c\/i\u003e, the riveting, intertwined stories of this remarkable month introduce readers to a richly diverse cast of characters: David Putnam, a Boston teenager and America's World War I Flying Ace; a transcendent Babe Ruth and his teammates, battling greedy owners and a hostile public; entire families from all social strata, devastated by sudden and horrifying influenza death; unknown political functionary Calvin Coolidge, thrust into managing the country's first great public health crisis by an absentee governor; and New England's soldiers, enduring trench warfare and poisonous gas to drive back German forces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the same time, other stories were also unfolding: Cambridge high school football star Charlie Crowley, a college freshman teamed up with stars Curly Lambeau and George Gipp under a first-time coach named Knute Rockne; Boston suffrage leader Maud Wood Park was fighting for women's right to vote, even as they flexed their developing political muscle; poet E.E. Cummings, an Army private found himself stationed at the center of a biological storm; and Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge maneuvered as the constant rival of a sitting wartime president. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the tradition of Erick Larsen's bestselling \u003ci\u003eDevil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeptember 1918\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting three-dimensional recreation of a moment in history almost too cinematic to be real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Skip Desjardin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621576205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621576204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/04\/2018","brand":"Skip Desjardin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939301720319,"sku":"9781621576204","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0ef6241d-88bf-40d8-8040-64d54a2d02f7.jpg?v=1681440695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/september-1918-skip-desjardin-9781621576204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}