Terror in the City of Champions

A New York Times Bestseller <BR />Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Winner in True Crime<BR /><BR /><ul><li>Selected as one of “2016’s Great Reads” by NPR</li><li>Finalist for the 2016 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year</li><li>An unforgettable cauldron of history crime race and sports </li></ul><BR />Now in paperback comes the critically acclaimed New York Times Bestseller about a championship city haunted by a wave of racist terror. Detroit mid-1930s was abuzz over its unrivaled sports success when gun-loving baseball fan Dayton Dean became ensnared in the nefarious Black Legion. The secretive Klan-like group murdered enemies flogged associates and planned armed rebellion. The Legion boasted tens of thousands of members across the Midwest among them politicians and prominent citizens—even possibly a beloved athlete. Award-winning author Tom Stanton has written a stunning tale of history crime and sports. <BR /><BR />“[A] head-turning tale of the generally forgotten Black Legion terrorist group and Detroit in the 1930s.” —US News & World Report