{"product_id":"2940170826407","title":"Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTerror in the City of Champions\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmidst 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.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098557923568,"sku":"2940170826407","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170826407_p0.jpg?v=1763718822","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170826407","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}