Timothy M. Gay is the author of Satch, Dizzy, & Rapid Robert- The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball before Jackie Robinson and Tris Speaker- The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend. His essays and op-eds on American history, politics, public policy, and sports have appeared in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, USA Today, and many other publications. A graduate of Georgetown University, where he majored in American history, Tim lives in Virginia with his wife and children.
A book every modern journalist--and citizen--should read. --Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation A sprightly synthesis of literature and history... unique [and] engaging. -- Kirkus Reviews If one can say that reading a book titled Assignment to Hell was a delight, I say it now. The stories are so vivid and alive all these years later that I felt I was there with the legendary correspondents of World War II as they wrote their way from France to Germany. --David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of They Marched into Sunlight