Season of Shattered Dreams - Postwar Baseball, Spokane Indians, a Tragic Bus Crash That Changed

In 1946, a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team crashed, leaving nine players dead and six hospitalized. This booktells their stories, primarily through the lives of three key players, following them through WWII, into the 1946 season that was greatly impacted by men returning from overseas, and through the crash that changed everything.

About the author

By Eric Vickrey

Product details

• Authors: Eric Vickrey
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9781538190722
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9072-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Baseball, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History, Sports teams & clubs, history of sport, Washington State, History of the Americas, Sports teams and clubs, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Washington (US State)