An explosive exposé of Americaâs lost prosperity by Pulitzer Prizeâwinning journalist Charlie LeDuff
Back in his broken hometown, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff searches the ruins of Detroit for clues to his familyâs troubled past. Having led us on the way up, Detroit now seems to be leading us on the way down. Once the richest city in America, Detroit is now the nationâs poorest. Once the vanguard of Americaâs machine ageâmass-production, blue-collar jobs, and automobilesâDetroit is now Americaâs capital for unemployment, illiteracy, dropouts, and foreclosures. With the steel-eyed reportage that has become his trademark, and the righteous indignation only a native son possesses, LeDuff sets out to uncover what destroyed his city. He beats on the doors of union bosses and homeless squatters, powerful businessmen and struggling homeowners and the ordinary people holding the city together by sheer determination. Detroit: An American Autopsy is 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.
Categories:
- History
- United States
- State & Local
- United States
Publisher : Penguin Books
Author : LeDuff, Charlie
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2014-01-28
Number Of Pages : 336
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0143124463
ISBN-13 : 9780143124467
Item weight : 0.7 lb
Dimensions : 1 in x 5.4 in x 8.4 in
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