Death On The Diamond. A Baseball Mystery Story

CORTLAND FITZSIMMONS

Publication: Frederick A Stokes, 1934, New York

First edition. 8vo. The free front fly leaf contains both the labels and stamp of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Studios Library as this copy was their "vault copy," else a fine, bright copy in dust jacket with professional restoration to the spine ends and extremities by a master paper conservator. Someone is killing or causing accidents to happen to key personnel of other league teams in order to insure victory for the longshot New York Royal Blues. The Blues are one of eight teams located in the same cities as the American League of that time. Old Pop Clark is clearly patterned after Connie Mack, who is the owner and manager of the New York Royal Blues and the team has fallen on hard times and needs to win. A serial killer.is everything in his power to help the team win. The 1934 movie of the same name starred Robert Young, Madge Evans, Nat Pendleton, and Ted Healy. Mystery historian Marvin Lachman has called Death On The Diamond the "definitive baseball novel" and Baseball Digest serialized the book for a generation of readers ---- Jon L. Breen, TAD, Vol. 14, No. 2, Spring 1981, p.132.

Inventory Number: 49088