John H. Ritter - The Desperado Who Stole Baseball

Here comes John's newest book
(riding out of the West on March 5, 2009):
The Desperado Who Stole Baseball

"The Desperado Who Stole Baseball has it all—rich baseball lore, a rollicking Western adventure, and storytelling gold.
A terrific book."
—Mike Lupica,
author of Heat and The Big Field

A 2009 Jr. Library Guild
selection by the ALA

The Desperado Who Stole Baseball bookcover

"The killer rode in from the east... Dorned in black leather chaps atop a black-hide steed, he rode upslope. In his eyes, the sun turned cold. On his chest a silver badge flickered red. In his head visions of murder for money swung high..."

(excerpt from The Desperado Who Stole Baseball)

This is the magical book that reveals the secret behind Dillontown and Cruz de la Cruz.

•  Who is Cruz? Where did he come from?
•  What does outlaw Billy the Kid have to do with all of this?
•  How did a runaway slave shape Cruz's thinking and the values of a whole town?
•  Who was the man behind the ban that kept African Americans out of baseball?

Order The Desperado Who Stole Baseball today.

Here comes John's newest book (riding out of the West on March 5, 2009): The Desperado Who Stole Baseball

"The killer rode in from the east... Dorned in black leather chaps atop a black-hide steed, he rode upslope. In his eyes, the sun turned cold. On his chest a silver badge flickered red. In his head visions of murder for money swung high..." (excerpt from The Desperado Who Stole Baseball)

Here comes John's newest book
(riding out of the West on March 5, 2009):
The Desperado Who Stole Baseball

"The killer rode in from the east... Dorned in black leather chaps atop a black-hide steed, he rode upslope. In his eyes, the sun turned cold. On his chest a silver badge flickered red. In his head visions of murder for money swung high..."

(excerpt from The Desperado Who Stole Baseball)