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 fiancé, 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?
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Hobey Baker, Upon Further Review distills a century’s worth of clues to solve the mystery of a death that has confounded us all. Hobey Baker, Upon Further Review is a fantastic read. Not just a hockey story, but a real-life history lesson of an American sporting icon from years gone past. — PIERRE MCGUIRE, NHL on NBC
I couldn’t put it down. Tim Rappleye’s tenacious, indefatigable research style has produced hereto-fore unknown aspects of America’s greatest hockey player. Thanks to Rappleye’s superior work, we know just about everything there is to know about Uncle Sam’s Mister Hockey. — STAN FISCHLER, hockey author/historian
A wonderfully intimate narrative that flows like a novel. This flesh and blood account reveals so much that we never knew about Hobey Baker, including the circumstances of his death. His willpower alone wasn’t enough to save a sputtering plane and himself. A tragic loss for hockey and America. —GEORGE MCPHEE, 1982 Hobey Baker Award Winner
Tim Rappleye delivers a deep and thoughtful look into the life and times of one of America’s greatest sportsmen who happened to also be one of the greatest of all American hockey players. I thoroughly enjoyed immersing myself in the “way too short†life of the amazing Hobey Baker. — JACK O’CALLAHAN, Miracle on Ice
Tim Rappleye’s latest book confirms Baker’s status as a true legend: an incredible athlete, hockey’s first American star — the Bobby Orr of his era – who was idolized by F. Scott Fitzgerald while at Princeton. Rappleye’s original research, including letters from confidants and eye-witnesses, convincingly solves the century-old mystery of Baker’s death at the close of World War I. If you like hockey, history, or a good story, you’ll like Hobey Baker: Upon Further Review. —JOHN U. BACON, author of the national bestseller The Great Halifax Explosion
As a college hockey fanatic and a Princeton alum, I felt well versed in the Hobey story, but Tim Rappleye’s book introduced me to many more layers of the legend. His research and storytelling live up to Hobey’s exemplary standard. — NATE EWELL, College Hockey, Inc.
Hobey Baker is known as the hockey legend from Princeton and St. Paul’s School. Leave it to Tim Rappleye to discover that Baker is an original Philadelphia hockey guy, a player who lost a tooth de-fending his brother in a South Philly shinny scrap. Rappleye’s telling of Hobey’s farewell to hockey has created a whole new chapter in American hockey history. If you care about hockey, Hobey Baker, Upon Further Review belongs on your shelf. —KEITH JONES, NHL ON NBC
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A terrific read for fans and players familiar with that rough-and-tumble hockey vintage. — BOBBY ORR
A must-read book about a Division I dynasty and its Hall of Fame coach. — LOU LAMORIELLO, STANLEY CUP-WINNING GM
