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1) No ordinary Joes: the extraordinary true story of four submariners in war and love and life

Author

Colton, Larry

Pub. Date

[2010]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD

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Their names were Bob Palmer, Gordy Cox, Tim McCoy, and Chuck Vervalin, and in 1941, when they joined the navy, they were not trying to prove their patriotism-they were just looking for a job that would provide "three hots and a cot." But on April 22, 1943, the war took a terrible turn for them. While on patrol deep in enemy waters, their submarine, the USS Grenadier, was torpedoed and sent crashing to the ocean floor. Listed as lost in action and...

2) Southern League: a true story of baseball, civil rights, and the deep South's most compelling pennant race

Author

Colton, Larry

Pub. Date

2013.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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"Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of brutality is widely known. Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts. There have been more unsolved bombings in Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation." Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from a Birmingham Jail 1963 Anybody who is familiar with the Civil Rights movement knows that 1964...