| Description |
xvi, 286 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Fire -- Ice -- From the ashes. |
| Summary |
An explosive expose of Detroit, icon of America's lost prosperity, from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff. |
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Back in his broken hometown, LeDuff searches through the ruins for clues to its fate, his family's, and his own. Once the richest city in America, Detroit is now the nation's poorest. It is an eerie and angry place of deserted factories and abandoned homes and forgotten people. LeDuff sets out to uncover what destroyed his city, and shares an unbelievable story of a hard town in a rough time filled with some of the strangest and strongest people our country has to offer. |
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Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic conditions.
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Detroit (Mich.) -- Social conditions.
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Detroit (Mich.) -- Politics and government.
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LeDuff, Charlie.
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Journalists -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781594205347 hardback $27.95 |
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1594205345 hardback |
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