Hobey Baker: Upon Further Review: Exploring the Life and Death of a Hockey Immortal

Tim Rappleye
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He was America's most dashing athlete, the pride of Princeton. Hobey Baker, the aristocratic Ivy League sports hero and, later, a glamorous World War I fighter pilot. From the outside, U.S. Army Captain Hobey Baker had it all: good looks, a glamorous fianc , war medals for bravery, and a sports resume second to none. And then it all came crashing down, barely a month following the Armistice.

Over the years, questions emerged: Why did Baker take that ill-fated flight in the first place? What prompted his lover to abandon him? Why did he fight his orders to return home from war? Hobey Baker, Upon Further Review distills a century's worth of clues to solve the mystery of a death that has confounded us all.



Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas Rappleye
Published: 11/01/2018
ISBN: 9781943995721
Pages: 266
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d