Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, & Assassination During the 1934 Tour of Japan

by Robert K. Fitts

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In November 1934 as the United States and Japan drifted toward war, a team of American League all-stars that included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, future secret agent Moe Berg, and Connie Mack barnstormed across the Land of the Rising Sun. Hundreds of thousands of fans, many waving Japanese and American flags, welcomed the team with shouts of "Banzai Banzai, Babe Ruth " The all-stars stayed for a month, playing 18 games, spawning...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0803229844

ISBN13:9780803229846

Release Date:April 2008

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"

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