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e-Book Moe Berg: The Spy Behind Home Plate (Jps Young Biography) download

by Vivian Grey

ISBN: 0827606206
ISBN13: 978-0827606203
Language: English
Publisher: The Jewish Publication Society (May 1, 1996)
Pages: 170
Category: Leaders and Notable People
Subategory: Memoris

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win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb.

Sep 24, 2017 Ayelet rated it liked it.

Moe Berg’s exciting life of mystery and intrigue is sure to captivate young readers as they follow his exploits. Using baseball as a cover, this player made significant intelligence contributions to the United States. Sep 24, 2017 Ayelet rated it liked it.

The Catcher Was a Spy is his first book. The catcher was a spy : the mysterious life. of Moe Berg, Nicholas Dawidoff.

I defy you to put it down once you pick it up. -Boston Globe. In this enthralling, intelligent biograph. icholas Dawidoff has cut through the myth and revealed a coherent version of Moe Berg. The Catcher Was a Spy is his first book.

Moe Berg Played for Five Teams. He Spied for One Country. I normally avoid documentaries because they often, by their nature, are too subjective. But "The Spy Behind Home Plate" is different in that it seems more objective than most (I think I'm confusing myself)

Moe Berg Played for Five Teams. But "The Spy Behind Home Plate" is different in that it seems more objective than most (I think I'm confusing myself). By this I mean it treats its subject almost like part of a larger story, a story part baseball, war and travelogue. It was interesting, absorbing, rewarding, informative - all those adjectives and any others you can add.

Berg is the subject of the documentary film The Spy Behind Home Plate by Aviva Kempner, released in 2019. The Baseball Biography Project. Retrieved March 11, 2007. The Moe Berg Papers at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York, NY. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors). Annotated bibliography for Berg from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues.

Moe Berg's exciting life of mystery and intrigue is sure to captivate young readers as they follow his exploits.

Moe Berg's story is something out of a comic book, the All-American baseball catcher who, when he's not calling . Authoritative and engrossing, Aviva Kempner's "The Spy Behind Home Plate" presents Moe Berg, athlete and espionage operative.

Moe Berg's story is something out of a comic book, the All-American baseball catcher who, when he's not calling games and throwing out runners, is working. The Spy Behind Home Plate - A film about Moe Berg by Aviva Kempner. The Spy Behind Home Plate - A film about Moe Berg by Aviva Kempner added an event. June 11 ·. FRI, JUN 14.

They don't make baseball players like Moe Berg anymore.

All Critics (29) Top Critics (7) Fresh (22) Rotten (7). Reaching too hard for nostalgia, the distracting wall-to-wall soundtrack plays like a K-Tel collection of wartime hits. They don't make baseball players like Moe Berg anymore.

Ages 9 and up.

In the race against Nazi Germany to develop the atomic bomb, who would have suspected that a major league baseball player would take a pivotal role? That very man was Moe Berg—masterful catcher, fluent in nine languages, an Ivy League scholar, an attorney, and a secret agent. Moe Berg’s exciting life of mystery and intrigue is sure to captivate young readers as they follow his exploits. Using baseball as a cover, this player made significant intelligence contributions to the United States.

Comments:

Gavinranadar

a good read for a child

Jozrone

My nine year old seems to like the book.

Xirmiu

good

Small Black

great

It's so easy

THIS BOOK WAS A GIFT, HE SAID HE LIKED IT.

Ventelone

well satisfied

Velellan

This book is for younger readers. The other book you sent on his life is more accurate. The catcher was a Spy.

My son and I learned about Moe Berg at the Spy Museum in Washington DC (which is well worth a visit). Knowing he would have to write a biography book report in 5th grade, I ordered this book so he could cover something other than just sports. A jewish WWII spy who played pro baseball, spoke multiple languages, had a law degree, studied nuclear physics with Einstein and travelled the world . . . . an athlete and intellectual, eccentric and unusual. Berg's life story is fascinating, easily holding the interest of a fifth grader, and it made a stellar biography report. My son learned a lot about many subjects. So, I recommend the reading this book.

The book itself had some flaws, but Berg's life was interesting enough to get you through the book. A good editor with a heavy pen could have greatly improved the book. The author does not proceed in chronological order, although I found myself expecting it. This failure created confusion at times, and I felt obscured the early part of Moe's spy career. My son and I had to read and re-read, then take notes in chronological order to get the story straight. I felt that the failure to present things chronologically resulted in the author failing to identify the start of Berg's spying. The dates in the text do not always match the dates in the timeline in the book - a further irritant. The author seemed to make much more of Berg's jewish heritage than he seemed to.

This is not a great book, but the subject matter makes it worth a read and it really is a wonderful subject for a biography book report.