Tom Stanton

Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit

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Produktbeschreibung

A rich portrayal of 1930s Detroit and the influence of Klan-affiliated white supremacist group Black Legion traces the pivotal roles of prominent politicians and citizens, including gun-loving baseball fan Dayton Dean, fiery baseball star Mickey Cochrane and FBI pioneer J. Edgar Hoover.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9781493015702
• ISBN-10: 1493015702
• Artikelnr.: 42808816

Autorenporträt

Tom Stanton is the author of several nonfiction books, among them the critically acclaimed memoir The Final Season and the Quill Award finalist Ty and The Babe. A longtime journalist, he teaches at the University of Detroit Mercy. Stanton co-founded and edited the suburban Detroit Voice newspapers, winning state and national press awards, including a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan. He and wife Beth Bagley-Stanton live in New Baltimore, Michigan.