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Terror in the city of champions : murder, baseball, and the secret society that shocked Depression-era Detroit /
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 Leg...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Lyons Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue; Part I: Something Afoot: 1933-1934; Mickey and Dayton; A Friend Disappears; Spring in Lakeland; Major-General Bert; A Future Together; The Bee Is Buzzing; Neither Threats Nor Bribes; It Hurt for Days; The Little Stone Chapel; The Superstitious Schoolboy and His Gal; Happy Rosh Hashanah, Hank; Oh, Those Dean Boys; The Attorney down the Street; Part II: Grand Plans: 1935; A New Year; Mr. Hoover, Investigate; Harry's Caravan; The Radio Priest; The Killing of Silas Coleman; Worries; Unwanted Attention; Zero Hour; Louis vs. Baer; World Champions; Amid the Joy, Punishment
- The Pastor Who Said NoUncle Frank; Come to Detroit, Lindbergh; Part III: Joy and Terror: 1936; Case Closed; City of Champions; Rumors; Poole and Pidcock; Secrets; Black Legion Hysteria; Frenzied Nerves; Dayton Dean and the Negro Reporter; The Captain; Wyoming; The Cover-Up; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author