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From the Gridiron to the Battlefield

From the Gridiron to the Battlefield

Danny Spewak

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Editorial:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2021
Materia
Segunda Guerra Mundial
ISBN:
9781538157626

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This book tells the story of the University of Minnesota’s remarkable 1941 football season as they chased a second consecutive national championship even as a divided country veered closer to total war, and chronicles the young players’ contributions to the war effort in the months and years that followed.

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