Susan Ferguson's Reviews > The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg

The Catcher Was a Spy by Nicholas Dawidoff
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it was amazing
bookshelves: 2020, biography, history, nook

Interesting look at as very interesting guy. Moe Berg was a catcher for the pros. He loved baseball and it allowed him to travel. He also had a law degree and could speak several languages. He graduated from Princeton and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris for a year. He read several papers a day and many books on all subjects. During WWII, he was a spy under Donovan's OSS, trying to find out about Hitler's atomic bomb. Berg was very inventive and free-wheeling, sometimes they weren't sure where he was, but he always turned up. He began studying physics and attended many conferences during the war where scientists were meeting. They often believed he was one of them - or an assistant to a scientist.
An amazing, multi-talented guy who did what he wanted and followed his own star (or tried to). He father intensely disliked his preference for sports and never went to one of his games. His siblings obeyed his father, but I don't think there was much harmony in the family.
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Reading Progress

November 10, 2020 – Started Reading
November 15, 2020 – Shelved
November 15, 2020 – Shelved as: to-read
November 15, 2020 – Shelved as: 2020
November 15, 2020 – Shelved as: biography
November 15, 2020 – Shelved as: history
November 15, 2020 – Shelved as: nook
November 15, 2020 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Quo (new) - rated it 4 stars

Quo Susan: I enjoyed reading your well-expressed thoughts about Nicholas Dawidoff's study of Moe Berg, delving into the complexity of a man who deserved such a well-researched portrait, even if he was someone who defied easy categorization. Bill


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