Summer of Shadows : A Murder, A Pennant Race, and the Twilight of the Best Location in the Nation (Paperback)

from zimbawilson

Jonathan Knight has done a great job capturing the city of Cleveland and America itself circa 1954. Knight artfully blends the tale of the '54 Indians pennant chase over the hated Yankees and the story of Dr Sam sheppard and his murdered wife. While keeping interest in both stories going at the s...

from Schmerguls

4802. Summer of Shadows A Murder, a Pennant Race, and the Twilight of the Best Location in the Nation, by Jonathan Knight (read 26 Feb 2011) This book got better and better as I read it. It tells of Cleveland in 1954, and of the pennant race, when the Indians won 111 games and the pennant, then l...

from lindapanzo

This enjoyable, interesting book tells three stories. First, it's a baseball book about the 1954 Cleveland Indians, one of the greatest teams of all time. Second (and secondarily), it tells the story of the Sam Sheppard case, in which the suburban Cleveland doctor was accused of murdering his wif...

from BAP1012

An intriguing and complicated book relating 3 interwoven tales: the season of the 1954 Cleveland Indians, the trial of Dr. Sam Sheppard for the murder of his wife, and the story of Cleveland, Ohio - the Greatest Location in the Nation - during the summer of 1954. The details are in-depth and some...

from Carmenere

In the same vein as Eric Larson's Devil in the White City, Jonathan Knight juxtapositions two events in the history of Cleveland, Ohio, one sports related and another murder, which still today has its residents discussing and surmising: The talented 1954 Cleveland Indians and the Marilyn Sheppard...