Jumpin’ Jimminy – A World War II Baseball Saga:
American Flyboys and Japanese Submariners
Battle it Out in a Swedish World Series©
By Robert Skole
We are please to announce that we represent Bob Skole, a World War II veteran, who wrote a novel called Jumpin’ Jimminy – A World War II Baseball Saga. While this is not the type of project for which The Shindler Perspective, Inc. has become known, we believe it has a lot of merit in the marketplace and we wanted to be sure to highlight on our web site.
The full title is Jumpin’ Jimminy – A World War II Baseball Saga – American Flyboys and Japanese Submariners Battle it Out in a Swedish World Series. It is a character driven comedy, a MASH like story that can be produced as a reasonably budgeted film, which in the right development hands, has the potential to inspire a TV series much the way MASH did.
Jumpin’ Jimminy tells a story about American flyboys based in the UK and their baseball team, Japanese submariners and their ball club, Nazis, espionage, Boston bankers, a preacher, a Jewish first baseman, the only black GI in an Eighth Air Force bomber crew, Swedes and other characters amidst plans for and playing a World Series in neutral Sweden, set against a backdrop of World War II.
The overview will tell you a little more about the story and the characters as well as some quotes from noted baseball authors such as Paul Dickson and Harvey Frommer as well as a review that appeared on Amazon.com by W.D. Hickman.
A short treatment had been prepared that provides additional information related to the story and the characters.
Additional information on this self published book may be found at iUniverse.
Also, visit Mr. Skole's Jumpin Jimminy web site and an interview on The Writing Show.
With all of the excitement in Boston with the Red Sox new superstar, Dice-K, read the press release drawing the parallels between Dice-K and Jumpin' Jimminy.
If you would like to discuss this exciting project further, please do not hesitate to contact us at Shindler@iShindler.com.
