Tom Stanton
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiii, 327 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Detroit 1936: In a city abuzz over its unrivaled sports success, baseball fan Dayton Dean is arrested for murder. Though said to have a childlike intelligence, Dean possesses a vivid memory and a hunger for attention. He gives police a story about a secret Klan-like organization called the Black Legion, responsible for countless murders, floggings, and fire bombings. The Legion has tens of thousands of members in the Midwest, among them politicians...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
248 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Maybe your dad took you to ball games at Fenway, Wrigley, or Ebbets. Maybe the two of you watched broadcasts from Yankee Stadium or Candlestick Park, or listened as Red Barber or Vin Scully called the plays on radio. Or maybe he coached your team or just played catch with you in the yard. Chances are good that if you're a baseball fan, your dad had something to do with it-and your thoughts of the sport evoke thoughts of him. If so, you will treasure...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 290 p. : ill ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Early in the twentieth century, fate thrust a young Babe Ruth into the gleaming orbit of Ty Cobb. The resulting collision produced a dazzling explosion and a struggle of mythic magnitude. At stake was not just baseball dominance, but eternal glory and the very soul of a sport. For much of fourteen seasons, the Cobb-Ruth rivalry occupied both men and enthralled a generation of fans. Even their retirement from the ball diamond didn't extinguish it.
On...
