High-flying birds [electronic resource] : the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals / Jerome M. Mileur.
Publication details: Columbia, Mo : University of Missouri Press, c2009.Description: xi, 274 p. : illISBN:- 9780826218346 (alk. paper)
- 796.357/640977866 22
- GV875.S3 M55 2009eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Mileur provides a game-by-game account of the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals, world champions and the winningest team in franchise history. He recounts the team's close pennant race against the Brooklyn Dodgers and World Series victory over the New York Yankees, while conveying the physical and mental demands on the players within the context of wartime America"--Provided by publisher.
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