Bibliograph

Terror in the city of champions, murder, baseball, and the secret society that shocked Depression-era Detroit, Tom Stanton

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Label

Terror in the city of champions, murder, baseball, and the secret society that shocked Depression-era Detroit, Tom Stanton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-314) and index

Illustrations

platesportraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Terror in the city of champions

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

919237250

Responsibility statement

Tom Stanton

Sub title

murder, baseball, and the secret society that shocked Depression-era Detroit

Summary

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 and notable citizens--even, possibly, a beloved Detroit athlete. When Deans revelations explode, they all seek cover. Award-winning author Tom Stanton's stunning work of history, crime, and sports, weaves together the terror of the Legion with the magnificent athletic ascension of Detroit. Richly portraying 1930s America, and featuring figures like Louis, the country's most famous black man; Jewish slugger Hank Greenberg; anti-Semitic Henry Ford; radio priest Father Coughlin; and J. Edgar Hoover, Terror in the City of Champions is a rollicking true tale set at the confluence of hard luck, hope, victory, and violence

Table Of Contents

Something Afoot, 1933-1934 -- Grand Plans, 1935 -- Joy and Terror, 1936

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