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Title: Season of '42

Subtitle: Joe D, Teddy Ballgame, and Baseball's Fight to Survive a Turbulent First Year of War

Author: Jack Cavanaugh

Narrator: Robert C. Brewster

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-23-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

Before hundreds of major leaguers went off to war, they enjoyed one final season in the sun.

Big league baseball would seem to have been a hard sell in 1942. World War II was not going well for the United States in the Pacific and not much better in Europe. Moreover, the country was in drastically short supply of ships, planes, submarines, torpedoes, and other war materials, and Uncle Sam needed men, millions of them, including those from 21 through 35 years of age who had been ordered to register for the draft, the age range of most big league baseball players.

But after a green light from President Roosevelt, major league baseball played on in 1942 as it would throughout the war. It turned out to be an extraordinary season, too, spiced by a brash, young, and swift St. Louis Cardinal team that stunned the baseball world by winning the World Series. The 1942 season would be overshadowed by war, though, with many people wondering whether it was really all right for 400 seemingly healthy and athletic men to play a childs game and earn far more money than the thousands of young Americans whose lives were at risk as they fought the Germans and Japanese abroad.

In Season of 42, veteran sportswriter Jack Cavanaugh takes a look at this historic baseball season, how it was shaped and affected by the war and what, ultimately, it meant to America.

Editorial Reviews:

At the height of WWII in 1942, the prospects looked grim for American troops overseas, so many viewed sports as a trivial and unnecessary distraction. Veteran sportswriter Jack Cavanaugh's Season of '42 views this trying time in American history through the prism of baseball, and illustrates the effect President Roosevelt's bold decision to play on in 1942 had on the players, the fans, and the country as a whole.

Robert C. Brewster's dignified, engaging performance imbues Cavanaugh's text with the weight and gravity it deserves, and makes this a must-listen for baseball fans and history buffs alike.

Members Reviews:

awful

I stopped reading this book, it kept getting worse and worse. Not only were there lots of errors, but about 1/3 of the way through the editor gave up reading the book and after the author was free to write whatever irrelevant thought that came into their head. The author would preview a point and then forget later down the page that he previewed something.

season of '42

Mr Cavanaugh is a good writer but missed the boat by not reporting that the Cleveland Indians' season of '48 was surpassed by '54 when they won 110 games

A Solid Three Stars

It has become popular in recent years to write books on various years in American history or even those devoted to sports, mainly baseball. We have had books written about baseball by various authors for the years of 1923, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1968, and 1975 to name a few. I found this effort by Jack Cavanaugh entitled the "Season of '42" to be okay, but nothing special. 1942 was the first baseball season during World War II and the author rotates back and forth between the baseball season and what is happening in the war. At times the two stories are intertwined.

I found the writing to be pretty matter-of-fact with no particular information that cannot be found in several other books. The anecdotes found in this book are also to be found elsewhere as well.