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Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit (in English)
Tom Stanton
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Lyons Press
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Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit (in English) - Stanton, Tom
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Synopsis "Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit (in English)"
A New York Times Bestseller Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Winner in True Crime -Selected as one of "2016's Great Reads" by NPR -Finalist for the 2016 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year -An unforgettable cauldron of history, crime, race, and sports Now in paperback comes the critically acclaimed New York Times Bestseller about a championship city haunted by a wave of racist terror. Detroit, mid-1930s was abuzz over its unrivaled sports success when gun-loving baseball fan Dayton Dean became ensnared in the nefarious Black Legion. The secretive, Klan-like group murdered enemies, flogged associates, and planned armed rebellion. The Legion boasted tens of thousands of members across the Midwest, among them politicians and prominent citizens-even, possibly, a beloved athlete. Award-winning author Tom Stanton has written a stunning tale of history, crime, and sports. "[A] head-turning tale of the generally forgotten Black Legion terrorist group and Detroit in the 1930s." -US News & World Report
