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To be featured at Book Expo of America 2006 in Washington DC
To: All media, for immediate release
PHOENIX-- It was true in the 1940s, and it is still true today: if you have talent, someone will notice. In Gene Moore’s case, that someone was the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Inspired by true events, Playing with the Enemy is a riveting story of one depression-era youth and his brush with destiny. Instead of experiencing the glory of the Major Leagues, war sent Gene Moore’s life careening off into an unexpected and unwanted direction. By his early 20’s he had lived a lifetime of experiences in a handful of years; then a woman he didn’t know picked him up off a barroom floor and helped him become the man he was destined to be.
This book is a poignant look back at the life of Gary Moore’s father, Gene, a 15-year old baseball phenomenon, headed for stardom when he was drafted by the Dodgers. Gene’s destiny was interrupted by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. From Sesser, IL to Tunisia, North Africa; from the capture of the infamous German sub U-505, to playing baseball with its imprisoned crew, Playing with the Enemy is baseball tragedy turned real-life triumph.
Playing with the Enemy will be released by Savas Beatie LLC, an independent publisher of distinguished history-related books based in New York and California, in September, 2006. Moore will be signing autographs at the Casemate Booth at Book Expo America, May 19th to 21st in Washington, D.C. www.casematepublishing.com. For more information visit www.playingwiththeenemy.com or contact Moore’s publicist, 602 404 8018.
"We are particularly pleased with the acquisition of the rights to publish Gary Moore's Playing with the Enemy, a rich and deeply moving biography of his father Gene's remarkable life. The elder Moore was one of the country's leading catcher prospects in the late 1930s, but his budding career in the Major Leagues was cut short by Pearl Harbor and America's entry into WWII. Gene was playing ball in the Navy when a freak injury ended a career that could have been, but never was. His postwar catharsis was difficult, long in coming, but ultimately successful. Playing with the Enemy is the new millennium's extraordinary riches-to-rags-to-riches saga that will be especially loved by everyone who enjoyed The Rookie or The Natural,” Theodore P. Savas, Managing Director, Savas Beatie LLC, remarked in explaining why his publishing house agreed to work with this first-time author.
As a teenager, when he wasn’t in school or helping his Pop and older brother Ward on the farm, Gene was playing baseball with the guys on the town team. Some were twice his age. The older fellows didn’t mind having the Moore kid on their team because he could hit a baseball farther than any of the rest of them and Gene called a pretty good ball game.
Word had spread halfway across the United States about the teenage boy who could hit the ball a country mile. The Dodgers wanted to take a look at this 15-year-old farm kid, barely old enough to shave and still awaiting his first kiss, but brash enough to call the pitches from behind the plate and motion to the infielders and outfielders as to how they should position themselves for certain batters.
Headed for baseball stardom with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Gene’s destiny was interrupted by Pearl Harbor. His life . . . and maybe our national pastime . . . would be forever altered.
Author Gary W. Moore is the president and managing partner of Covenant Air & Water, LLC, a motivational speaker, and an accomplished musician. Gene Moore was his father. He and his wife, Arlene, have been married for 30 years. They have three children: Toby, Tara Beth and Travis, and reside at their FoxMoore Farms home in Bourbonnais, IL. Playing with the Enemy is Moore’s first book. Actor Toby Moore (A Separate Peace, Murder in Greenwich) is pursuing film possibilities with the goal of playing his grandfather, Gene.
Moore’s literary agent is Tristram C. Coburn who brings more than ten years of book publishing experience to the plate. During his time as an editor for Pocket Books (a division of Simon & Schuster) he worked with numerous New York Times best-selling authors, including Clive Cussler, Richard Marcinko, John Weisman, Col. Philip Corso, and Bill Birnes, among others. While acquiring for McGraw-Hill, he worked with such authors as Edward Hotaling, Kevin McMurray, and sailing guru Gary Jobson and acquired more than 50 other successful projects. Tristram C. Coburn Literary Management represents clients who write commercial fiction and topical nonfiction on a variety of subjects including sports, adventure, health, and politics.
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