In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St.
She is a graduate of the School of Journalism at the Uni.
A finalist for the prestigious Casey Award, The Cloudbuster Nine was recognized by Newsday magazine as a "Top 12 Baseball Read for the Season." Keene began her career as a speechwriter on Capitol Hill.
Keene has published work in The New York Times, the Dallas Morning News, the Raleigh News & Observer, and magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post.
About the Author Anne R.
Bobby Brown and Eddie Robinson, the Story of this remarkable Team is brought to life for the first time in The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II.
With the help of rare images and insights from World War II Baseball veterans such as Dr.
Bush, Gerald Ford, John Glenn, Paul "Bear" Bryant, and John Wooden.
W.
He would have carried this Story to his grave had Anne not discovered his scrapbook from a Navy school That shaped America\'s greatest heroes including George H.
Jimmy followed his Baseball dreams as a college All-American, but was crushed later in life by a failed major-league bid with the Detroit Tigers.
He got to know his Baseball heroes personally, watching players hit the road on cramped, tin-can buses, dazzling factory workers, kids, and service members at dozens of games, including a war-bond exhibition against Babe Ruth\'s Team at Yankee Stadium.
Keene opens with a Story about her father, Jim Raugh, who suited up as the Team batboy and mascot.
In this spirited Field of Dreams-like father-daughter account, author Anne R.
Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Said were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine Baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in That year\'s World Series, one of the nation\'s strongest Baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina.
In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St
