When Lions Were Kings is a lively portrait of the golden age of professional football in Detroit that will delight younger fans and inform die-hard followers of one of the NFL's oldest franchises.
Richard Bak was born and raised in Detroit and is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University. His books include Peach: Ty Cobb in His Time and Ours and A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium (Wayne State University Press, 1998). He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the Professional Football Researchers Association.
