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Hitting Life’s Curveballs

Hitting Life’s Curveballs

Hitting Life's Curveballs

Bob Rogers

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Año de edición:
2014
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
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9781626468719
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In his native North Carolina, Will battles America’s baseball apartheid by accepting an invitation in 1943 to play on an all-white team. His high school sweetheart is Dena, whose mother disapproves of their romance. The Ku Klux Klan decides to teach Will a lesson in the status quo and attacks. Will escapes Klan pursuit and hides in the US Army where he keeps the 99th Fighter Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen) safe on the ground.

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