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The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg

by Nicholas Dawidoff · 1994

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The only Major League ballplayer whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA, Moe Berg has the singular distinction of having both a 15-year career as a catcher for such teams as the New York Robins and the Chicago White Sox and that of a spy for the OSS during World War II. Here, Dawidoff provides "a careful and sympathetic biography" (Chicago Sun-Times) of this enigmatic man. Photos.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thismemoirmemoirMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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spy thrillerspy thrillerMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this
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sportssportsMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thisJewishJewishMore like thisLess of this
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World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 480 pages

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