Tom Stanton: 6 books
The Road to Cooperstown
A Father, Two Sons, and the Journey of a Lifetime
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Every true baseball fan dreams of visiting Cooperstown. Some make the trip as boys, when the promise of a spot in the lineup with the Yankees or Red Sox or Tigers glows on the horizon, as certain as the sunrise. Some go later in life, long after their Little League years, to glimpse the past, not...
The Final Season
Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Maybe your dad took you to ball games at Fenway, Wrigley, or Ebbets. Maybe the two of you watched broadcasts from Yankee Stadium or Candlestick Park, or listened as Red Barber or Vin Scully called the plays on radio. Or maybe he coached your team or just played catch with you in the yard. Chances...
Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America
Hank Aaron and the Pursuit of a Dream
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Baseball has witnessed more than 125,000 home runs. Many have altered the outcome of games, and some have decided pennants and become legend. But no dinger has had greater impact than Hank Aaron's 715th home run. His historic blast on April 8, 1974, lifted him above Babe Ruth on the all-time list,...
Ty and The Babe
Baseball's Fiercest Rivals: A Surprising Friendship and the 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Early in the twentieth century, fate thrust a young Babe Ruth into the gleaming orbit of Ty Cobb. The resulting collision produced a dazzling explosion and a struggle of mythic magnitude. At stake was not just baseball dominance, but eternal glory and the very soul of a sport. For much of fourteen...
Terror in the City of Champions
Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
A New York Times Bestseller
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...
by Katharina Gerlach, Ava Fairhall, K.V. Moffet
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2018
Solve a mermaid's problem…
Step off the edge of a roof…
Dig up a grave at midnight…
Take advice from a fortune cookie…
Visit the last library…
Meet a bridge troll…
And more…
In one instant, like a bolt of lightning, a single impossible event changes a person's life. And like the...