September 1918

Description:

One hundred years ago, in September 1918, three things came to Boston: war, plague, and the World Series. This is the unimaginable story of that late summer month, in which a division of Massachusetts militia volunteers led the first unified American fighting force into battle in France, turning the tide of World War I. Meanwhile the world's deadliest pandemic--the Spanish Flu--erupted in Boston and its suburbs, bringing death on a terrifying scale first to military facilities and then to the civilian population. At precisely the same time, in a baseball season cut short on the homefront and amidst the surrounding ravages of death, a young pitcher named Babe Ruth rallied the sport's most dominant team, the Boston Red Sox, to a World Series victory--the last World Series victory the Sox would see for eighty-six years.

subjects: World Series (Baseball),  History,  Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919,  Baseball, history,  United states, history, 20th century,  World War, 1914-1918,  Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919) fast (OCoLC)fst01754995,  World Series (Baseball) fast (OCoLC)fst01409714,  World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746,  World Series (Baseball) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001014780 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|no2001014780,  Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919) fast (OCoLC)fst01754995 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01754995,  World Series (Baseball) fast (OCoLC)fst01409714 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01409714,  World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01180746

Places: Boston (Mass.)

Times: World War, 1914-1918