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The Amazing Life of Moe Berg by Tricia Andryszewski (1996, Reinforced Hardcover) 
The Amazing Life of Moe Berg by Tricia Andryszewski (1996, Reinforced Hardcover)
Author: Tricia Andryszewski
Publisher: Lerner Pub Group
Publication Date: 1996-02-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1562946102
ISBN-13: 9781562946104
Product ID: EPID781188
Description: Traces the life of a man who managed two successful careers, as a baseball player and as a secret agent during World War II.
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Synopsis
Traces the life of a man who managed two successful careers, as a baseball player and as a secret agent during World War II.

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Publication Date:1996-02-01

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Height:9.5 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:16.0 oz

Publisher's Note
Traces the life of a man who managed two successful careers, as a baseball player and as a secret agent during World War II.

Industry Reviews
Gr 6-8-Although few young people are likely to have heard of Berg, this 1920's and 30's baseball player was a fascinating and multidimensional man. Although never a superstar, he traveled with several all-star teams to baseball-obsessed Japan, where his ability to speak the language endeared him to the Japanese people. His baseball career ended with the outbreak of World War II. Partly because of his linguistic ability, Berg was recruited into a top-secret intelligence unit charged with disrupting Germany's efforts to make an atomic bomb and was involved in classic cloak-and-dagger stuff throughout the war. Andryszewski tells the story of this exceptionally bright and eccentric man in a straightforward manner. She lets Berg's life speak for itself, and intelligently separates fact from fiction. (No easy feat, given his ability to stretch the truth when recounting some of his tales.) Unfortunately, the last half of his life is given little attention and somehow seems incomplete. It seems that after the war, Berg mostly mooched off friends and relatives, reading a lot, but not doing much of anything else. This book may need some pushing, but readers who pick it up will be taken beyond the boundaries of the normal sports biography. Todd Morning, Schaumburg Township Public Library, IL
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