The Story of World War I Washington Post Edition Book history – Five World Series championships

– Five World Series championships won in Philadelphia (1910

And then … Santonio Holmes goes airborne

derby days and defining matches

and the dawn of a new global order

The Story of World War I Washington Post Edition Book history – Five World Series championshipsThe book opens on June 28th, 1914 with the murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg heir to the Austrian throne, who were fatally shot in the station of Sarajevo after a bomb failed to explode in their railway carriage. Exactly one month later, Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia throwing the whole of Europe into turmoil. Each page is filled with pictures and First World War newspapers that record major events,