War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War Jewish History Author John Simonson resurrects forgotten

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War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War Jewish History Author John Simonson resurrects forgottenDescription by Randy Roberts & Johnny Smith Paperback In the fall of 1918, the streets of Boston emptied as paranoia about the deadly Spanish flu spread. And, as World War I raged on, the enemy seemed to be lurking everywhere. Newspapermen and vigilante investigators aggressively sought to discredit anyone who looked or sounded German. War Fever explores this delirious moment in American history through the stories of three men: Karl Muck, the German