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

by Tom Stanton

Book Overview

A New York Times Bestseller Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Winner in True Crime Detroit, mid-1930s: In a city abuzz over its unrivaled sports success, gun-loving baseball fan Dayton Dean became ensnared in the nefarious and deadly Black Legion. The secretive, Klan-like group was executing a wicked plan of terror, murdering enemies, flogging associates, and contemplating armed rebellion. The Legion boasted tens of thousands of members...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493015702
• ISBN13: 9781493015702
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"