Eldon Ham: 3 books
The Last Dance
Family Secrets and the Chicago Mob
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Retired Chicago Homicide Detective James Jimmy Jack grew up in the Chicago neighborhoods with many of Chicagos future crime figures, and later he investigated or arrested many during his years on the force. I have known Jimmy Jack for over fifteen years, and his personal memoir The Last Dance offers...
Larceny and Old Leather
The Mischievous Legacy of Major League
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Every baseball player from little league to the big leagues knows it is illegal to steal signs, yet every major league team assigns someone to do just that.
Baseball thrives on trickery and deception. But as our oldest major team sport, its larcenous legacy goes much deeper than the field of...
All the Babe's Men
Baseball's Greatest Home Run Seasons and How They Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2013
Why are Americans obsessed with the home run in sports, business, and even life? What made the steroid era inevitable? Revisiting the great home run seasons of Babe Ruth through those of Barry Bonds, All the Babe's Men answers these and other provocative questions.Baseball, and particularly...