Books by Richard Bak

This fascinating portrait of one of baseball's most charismatic, competitive, and, unfortunately, combative players is a remarkable wedding of words ... More

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Between 1920 and 1964, the Bronx Bombers dominated the game of baseball. It was a time when baseball players enjoyed an elevated status as national ... More

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The epic struggle between a father and son and the building of a worldwide business empire In this retelling of the story of the rise of Ford Motors, ... More

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The trans-Atlantic air race of 1927 and the flight that made Charles Lindbergh a hero The race to make the first nonstop flight between the New York ... More

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"Joe Louis" depicts the prizefighter's life, and the times in which he lived, from his childhood in a sharecropper's cabin in Alabama and his ... More

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On April 28, 1896, baseball fans traveled in horse-drawn buggies to watch the Detroit Tigers play their first baseball game at the site on the corner ... More

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Although it has been more than 75 years since he last laced up his spikes, Ty Cobb remains arguably the greatest player in the long history of ... More

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The New York Giants have sent more men to the Baseball Hall of Fame than any other team, a distinction that only begins to hint at the place this ... More

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Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and ... More

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This pictorial biography of the legendary aviator relives the joy and pain of Charles A. Lindbergh's remarkable, colorful, and controversial life. ... More

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The Day Lincoln Was Shot is the first illustrated account of the Lincoln assassination. Blending over 175 vintage photographs and illustrations with ... More

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Drawing on historical documents and riveting eyewitness reports of the Hunley exploits, and illustrated with more than 120 photographs, this book ... More

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More than a simple biography, Joe Louis provides an in-depth look at what constitutes a "hero" in America's black community. As much as any drug ... More

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From the bestselling author of Ty Cobb comes a definitive biography of Lou Gehrig, "The Iron Horse". Gehrig was voted the MVP Award three times, set ... More

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The book hockey fans have long awaited! This is the first history of the Detroit Redwings, the only hockey franchise in the fabled "Original Six" ... More

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Lavishly illustrated with rare photographs, Casey Stengel offers a fresh look at this sports immortal. Covered in detail are Stengel's relationship ... More

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The companion book to the TNT original movie premiering in April 1998, "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" is the first illustrated account of the Lincoln ... More

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Compelling historical snapshots of figures and episodes in Detroit history, from the familiar to the obscure and forgotten.

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A comprehensive tribute to one of the last old-time baseball stadiums.

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In this new addition to the Images of America series, Richard Bak takes us on a visual journey through Detroit's golden era, encompassing the first ... More

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Explore Detroit's epic past, her 300 years of triumphs and tragedies with these historic photographs, illustrations, and narration.

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