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Jim Sargent

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Flint, Michigan, The United States

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Mystery, Historical Fiction, Suspense

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I love writing mystery novels. My educational odyssey began with the BS at Eastern Michigan, Class of '64. Next I earned the MA and PhD in US History on campus at Michigan State from 1967-70. I feel fortunate to have enjoyed a 40-year career as a history professor. My first Young Adult novel: Teen Spies: Wartime Charlottesville Sleuths (Doce Blant, 2024), co-authored by Audrey Deichmann, our granddaughter. My most recent Mickey Mathews mysteries are Brotherly Love (Doce Blant Publishing, 2023), California Redwoods (DBP, 2022), The Frightened Physicists (DBP, 2021), and Warm Springs Mystery (DBP, 2020). My two most popular nonfiction books are The Tigers and Yankees in '61 (McFarland, 2016), and We Were the All-American Girls (McFarland, 201 ...more

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	The Tigers and Yankees in '61: A Pennant Race for the Ages, the Babe's Record Broken and Stormin' Norman's Greatest Season 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Final Secret: A Novel about Pearl Harbor 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Frightened Physicists 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Were the All-American Girls: Interviews with Players of the AAGPBL, 1943-1954 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yesterday's Tiger Heroes: The DetroitTigers and the 1956 Baseball Season 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The South Bend Blue Sox: A History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Team and Its Players, 1943-1954 by Jim Sargent (Goodreads Author), Robert M. Gorman, Betsy Jochum (Foreword) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Teen Targets is the sequel to Teen Spies, my Young Adult mystery novel co-authored by our granddaughter Audrey Deichmann. Set in World War II era Charlottesville in the spring of 1943, the son of Otto Herman searches for the teenagers that killed his father a year earlier: … When I entered Nat’s room, she gave me the silent sign, a forefinger to the lips, and handed me a folded page. “Read this le Read more of this blog post »

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