In this episode, Jim Leeke joins host Sean Rost to talk about his extensive research into World War I, Major League Baseball, and the men who participated in both.
Episode Image: Baseball Game in Lafayette County, Missouri, ca. 1910s. [Leonard D. and Marie H. Rehkop Collection of Algert T. Peterson Photographs (C3888), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Jim Leeke is a former news journalist, copywriter, and creative director. He is the author of several books, including “Howell’s Storm: New York City’s Official Rainmaker and the 1950 Drought,” “Sudden Ice,” “Long Shadows: The Farewell to JFK,” “A Hundred Days to Richmond,” “Matty Boy: A Civil War Novel for Young Readers,” “Manila and Santiago: The New Steel Navy in the Spanish-American War,” “The Turtle and the Dreamboat: The Cold War Flights That Forever Changed the Course of Global Aviation,” “Ballplayers in the Great War: Newspaper Accounts of Major Leaguers in World War I Military Service,” Nine Innings for the King: The Day Wartime London Stopped for Baseball, July 4, 1918,” “From the Dugouts to the Trenches: Baseball during the Great War,” “The Best Team Over There: The Untold Story of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Great War,” and “The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I.”
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