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010 _a 2005011228
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050 0 0 _aGV 963
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100 1 _aStrege, John.
245 1 0 _aWhen war played through :
_bgolf during World War II /
_cJohn Strege.
260 _aNew York :
_bGotham Books,
_cc2005.
300 _ax, 326 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aGolf on a day of infamy : the Pearl Harbor attack -- It's your duty to play more golf : the game's first response -- War comes to Augusta : the 1942 Masters and PGA Championship -- A medal for Hogan : the Hale America Open -- The grass is not greener : the clubs and the war -- Autumn leaves and a Spalding dot : shortages hit golf -- Hunkering down : an elite sport comes under attack -- Eisenhower and Jones : warriors -- A call to serve : the pros go to war -- Good enough to play with Snead and Nelson : Burke and Bourisseau -- Stalag golf : POWs play through -- D-Day : golf and Operation Overlord -- Soldiering on, hole by hole : golf keeps up the fight -- A game's resilience : golf rebounds -- Ben who? and Lord Byron : the greatest streak in golf history -- The greatest boom of all time : golf moves from the war zones to home -- Worthy champions: the Masters resumes.
520 _aHow golf boosted moral in WWII, from which it began its climb to its tremendous popularity today. Autographed copy.
650 0 _aGolf and war
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial life and customs
_y1918-1945.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aStrege, John.
_tWhen war played through.
_dNew York : Gotham Books, c2005
_w(OCoLC)607667779
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005011228.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2005011228-d.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2005011228-b.html
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