Please join us, at Chapter One, for a book signing and talk with Jerry Manheim, highlighting his books, DOUBLEDAY DOUBLETAKE, THE FEDERAL CASE, and THE KEYSTONE CORNER, which all feature Mendham! This event will also include two more of Jerry’s books, THIS NEVER HAPPENED and THE GAMEKEEPERS. Stop by Sunday, June 2nd to get a signed copy and hear all about Jerry and his books!
About the Books
This Never Happened: The Mystery Behind the Death of Christy Mathewson
What is the REAL story behind the death of baseball icon Christy Mathewson? Why has it remained a secret
all these years? It all traces to a true-life military secret. Wartime propaganda. A massive coverup. A dead
reporter's buried notes. A lost journal. A secret code. Award-winning writer Adam Wallace and his friend
Jason Drumm are on the trail, and you won't believe what they discover. But maybe you should.
The GameKeepers: Whitewash, Blackmail, and Baseball’s Darkest Secrets
A National Pastime subject to recurring scandals and embarrassments. A secret society of Baseball elders
dedicated to protecting the Game. A secret repository. Failsafe security. It worked perfectly for nearly a
century. But then.... Enter Liz Fairchild and baseball sleuth Adam Wallace, with the fate of the game literally
in their hands.
Doubleday Doubletake: One Ball, Three Strikes, One Man Out
Civil War hero Abner Doubleday was long credited with inventing baseball in Cooperstown in 1839. Now,
baseball historians say he was just a foil masking a conspiracy by Albert Spalding and others to lay claim
to the game, perhaps for nefarious purposes. Baseball sleuth Adam Wallace is called on to put the
Doubleday myth to the test. But he's not the only one on Abner's trail!
The Federal Case
A century old legal battle between Major League Baseball and the upstart Federal League. An old contract,
once lost, now found. Young night-schooled lawyer Andy Dennum takes on the baseball establishment, the
law firm that fired him, and a mystery from his own past. At stake? Major League Baseball's business
model, and Andy's future as a lawyer. You win some, you lose some. Some get rained out. Especially in
Kansas City.
The Keystone Corner: Thomas Edison Turns Two
Thomas Edison didn’t invent baseball any more than Abner Doubleday did. But his little-known love of the
game might hold the key to unlocking a surprising secret. Join Andy Dennum and Keiley Barefoot as they
chart a path through art, science, business, bureaucrats, baseball ... and history. See if you can make it to
the keystone corner.
About the Author
JB Manheim is Professor Emeritus at The George Washington University, where he
developed the world's first degree-granting program in political communication and was
later founding director of the School of Media & Public Affairs. In 1995 he was named
Professor of the Year for the District of Columbia. He learned his love of baseball
watching Dizzy Dean on the Game of the Week and huddling with his grandfather for
warmth on July nights at The Mistake By The Lake, AKA, Cleveland Municipal Stadium,
and renewed it when the National Pastime finally returned to the Nation's Capital.
Manheim brings to life his expertise in propaganda and strategic communication
through his fictional stories of baseball behind the scenes. His writing will lead you to
question whether what you think you know about the history of the game and about the
powers who control it is real, or whether it's just a carefully nurtured product of lies,
deceptions, misdirection, and propaganda. JB Manheim is a member of the Society for
American Baseball Research, the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America, and
International Thriller Writers.