The Detroit Wolverines: The Rise and Wreck of a National League Champion, 1881-1888

by Brian Martin

The Detroit Tigers were founding members of the American League and have been the Motor City's team for more than a century. But the Wolverines were the city's first major league club, playing in the National League beginning in 1881 and capturing the pennant in 1887. Playing in what was then one of the best ballparks in America, during an era when Detroit was known as the "Paris of the West," the team battled hostile National League owners and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476665079
• ISBN13: 9781476665078
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher