Detroit: An American Autopsy

Detroit: An American Autopsy

An explosive exposÃ© of Americaâ€™s lost prosperity by Pulitzer PrizeÂâ€“winning journalist Charlie LeDuff
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Back in his broken hometown, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff searches the ruins of Detroit for clues to his familyâ€™s 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 nationâ€™s poorest. Once the vanguard of Americaâ€™s machine ageâ€”mass-production, blue-collar jobs, and automobilesâ€”Detroit is now Americaâ€™s 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.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Books
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2014-01-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143124467

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