Love and Loss: The Short Life of Ray Chapman

Though gone over a hundred years, Ray Chapman is well remembered as a Cleveland icon. The son of a coal miner from a small Illinois town, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman lived the American dream until his untimely death at age twenty-nine. In his brief life, he reached the pinnacle of baseball success as the best shortstop in the American League. The seventh book by Scott Longert goes far beyond the well-worn accounts of Chapman’s untimely death to illustrate the fullness of his short life. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event.