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Detroit an American autopsy

An exposé of Detroit, icon of America's lost prosperity, from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff. 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...

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Main Author: LeDuff, Charlie
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2013.
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Detroit (Mich.) > Economic conditions.
Detroit (Mich.) > Social conditions.
Detroit (Mich.) > Politics and government.
LeDuff, Charlie.
Journalists > Biography.
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Summary:An exposé of Detroit, icon of America's lost prosperity, from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff. 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.
Physical Description:xvi, 286 p., [30] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781594205347 (hbk.)
1594205345 (hbk.)
Author Notes:CHARLIE LEDUFF was a staff writer at the New York Times and a reporter at the Detroit News , and is now a television journalist for Detroit's Fox 2 News. He contributed to a Pulitzer Prize--winning New York Times series and has received a Meyer Berger Award for distinguished writing about New York City. He is the author of US Guys and Work and Other Sins . LeDuff lives with his wife and daughter on the edge of the Detroit city limits.

www.charlieleduff.com

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