{"product_id":"war-fever-randy-roberts-9781541672680","title":"War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"marvelous\" (\u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e) portrait of the three men whose lives were forever changed by WWI-era Boston and the Spanish flu: baseball star Babe Ruth, symphony conductor Karl Muck, and Harvard law student Charles Whittlesey.\u003c\/b\u003e In the fall of 1918, the streets of Boston emptied as paranoia about the deadly Spanish flu spread. And, as World War I raged on, the enemy seemed to be lurking everywhere. Newspapermen and vigilante investigators aggressively sought to discredit anyone who looked or sounded German. \u003ci\u003eWar Fever\u003c\/i\u003e explores this delirious moment in American history through the stories of three men: Karl Muck, the German conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, accused of being an enemy spy; Charles Whittlesey, a Harvard law graduate who became an unlikely hero in Europe; and Babe Ruth, the most famous baseball player of all time. Together, they offer a gripping narrative of America at war and American culture in upheaval. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Randy Roberts, Johnny Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541672682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541672680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Randy Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050610422015,"sku":"9781541672680","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3779b7a1-1732-47b3-a3fd-6421acacea97.jpg?v=1685008232","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/war-fever-randy-roberts-9781541672680","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}