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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 38 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Johnny Heller. |
| Summary |
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 across the Midwest, among them politicians and prominent citizens-even, possibly, a beloved athlete. Terror in the City of Champions opens with the arrival of Mickey Cochrane, a fiery baseball star who roused the Great Depression's hardest-hit city by leading the Tigers to the 1934 pennant. A year later he guided the team to its first championship. Within seven months the Lions and Red Wings follow in football and hockey-all while Joe Louis chased boxing's heavyweight crown. Amidst such glory, the Legion's dreadful toll grew unchecked: staged "suicides," bodies dumped along roadsides, high-profile assassination plots. Talkative Dayton Dean's involvement would deepen as heroic Mickey Cochrane's reputation would rise. But the ballplayer had his own demons, including a close friendship with Harry Bennett, Henry Ford's brutal union buster. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Black Legion.
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Murder -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century.
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Professional sports -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century.
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Baseball -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century.
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Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Baseball -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Heller, Johnny.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781515995456 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1515995453 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11781353 |
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