The Best Team Over There: The Untold Story of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Great War
- ISBN-10
- 1496226399
- ISBN-13
- 9781496226396
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-03
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Author
- Jim Leeke
Description
Jim Leeke tells the little-known history of Grover Cleveland Alexander and fellow athletes in the 342nd Field Artillery Regiment during the Great War.
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