Motor City Champs
Title | Motor City Champs PDF eBook |
Author | Scott Ferkovich |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 246 |
Release | 2018-01-12 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1476629501 |
In the early 1930s, the Motor City was sputtering from the Great Depression. Then came a talented Detroit Tigers team, steered by player-manager Mickey Cochrane, to inject new pride into the Detroit psyche. It was a cast of colorful characters, with such nicknames as Schoolboy, Goose, Hammerin’ Hank and Little Tommy. Over two seasons in 1934 and 1935, the team powered its way to the top of the baseball world, becoming a symbol of a resurgent metropolis and winning the first-ever Tigers championship. This exhaustively researched account provides an in-depth look into a remarkable period in baseball history.
Motor City Champs
Title | Motor City Champs PDF eBook |
Author | Scott Ferkovich |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 247 |
Release | 2018-01-29 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1476666598 |
In the early 1930s, the Motor City was sputtering from the Great Depression. Then came a talented Detroit Tigers team, steered by player-manager Mickey Cochrane, to inject new pride into the Detroit psyche. It was a cast of colorful characters, with such nicknames as Schoolboy, Goose, Hammerin' Hank and Little Tommy. Over two seasons in 1934 and 1935, the team powered its way to the top of the baseball world, becoming a symbol of a resurgent metropolis and winning the first-ever Tigers championship. This exhaustively researched account provides an in-depth look into a remarkable period in baseball history.
The Detroit Pistons
Title | The Detroit Pistons PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Addy |
Publisher | Sports Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | 296 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9781571671448 |
During the 40 years that the Pistons have made their home in Detroit, the franchise has spanned the spectrum of success, from years of frustration to back-to-back NBA championships. Motor city basketball fans will relive all of the pistons' most memorable moments in this book. This team -- and NBA-endorsed publication includes easy-to-read stories and hundreds of photographs, many that have never been circulated to the general public. Players from all decades are featured, including Dave DeBusschere in the '50s and '60s to Dave Bing and Bob Lanier in the '70s to Isiah Thomas and Grant Hill in the '80s and '90s.
Motor City Dream Garages
Title | Motor City Dream Garages PDF eBook |
Author | Don Sherman, Rex Roy |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 202 |
Release | |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 9781610590907 |
There isn't another place in the world that can match Detroit's automotive history. For nearly a century, what was conceived, designed, produced, and marketed from this town ruled the roads. So it only stands to reason that the Motor City is likely to host some of the country's greatest collector garages. From the personal home of the man who put America on wheels to the posh residences of current automotive icons such as Bob Lutz, Motor City Dream Garages takes readers on a guided tour of 20-plus of Motown's most interesting garages. Going beyond even these fantastic garagemahals, this book also takes readers inside select company garages for exclusive looks at the unique and important collections amassed by companies such as General Motors and Roush Industries (parent company to Roush Racing, owned by Jack Roush). If you like both garages and the beautiful machines within, this book is for you!
City of Champions
Title | City of Champions PDF eBook |
Author | Stefan Szymanski |
Publisher | The New Press |
Total Pages | 418 |
Release | 2020-10-13 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1620974436 |
The changing fortunes of Detroit, told through the lens of the city's major sporting events, by the bestselling author of Soccernomics, and a prizewinning cultural critic From Ty Cobb and Hank Greenberg to the Bad Boys, from Joe Louis and Gordie Howe to the Malice at the Palace, City of Champions explores the history of Detroit through the stories of its most gifted athletes and most celebrated teams, linking iconic events in the history of Motown sports to the city's shifting fortunes. In an era when many teams have left rustbelt cities to relocate elsewhere, Detroit has held on to its franchises, and there is currently great hope in the revival of the city focused on its downtown sports complexes—but to whose benefit? Szymanski and Weineck show how the fate of the teams in Detroit's stadiums, gyms, and fields is echoed in the rise and fall of the car industry, political upheavals ushered in by the depression, World War II, the 1967 uprising, and its recent bankruptcy and renewal. Driven by the conviction that sports not only mirror society but also have a special power to create both community and enduring narratives that help define a city's sense of self, City of Champions is a unique history of the most American of cities.
Motor City Muscle
Title | Motor City Muscle PDF eBook |
Author | Stan Fischler |
Publisher | Warwick Publishing |
Total Pages | 164 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN |
The names still have a clarion call, ringing true like cathedral bells -- Gordie Howe, Terry Sawchuk, "Terrible" Ted Lindsay, Sid Abel, Red Kelly -- a great cast of tough, talented hockey players. After all, how many teams can claim to have finished first place six seasons in a row?
The Bowl Championship Series
Title | The Bowl Championship Series PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 120 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN |