Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff

Detroit: An American Autopsy

Charlie LeDuff

304 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics reflective medium-paced

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In the heart of America, a metropolis is quietly destroying itself. Detroit, once the richest city in the nation, is now its poorest. Once the vanguard of America’s machine age—mass production, automobiles, and blue-collar jobs—Detroit is now Amer...

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