Bomey, Nathan

Summary: At exactly 4:06 p.m. on July 18, 2013, the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy. It was the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history—the Motor City had finally hit rock bottom. But what led to that fateful day, and how did the city survive the perilous months that followed? In Detroit Resurrected, Nathan Bomey delivers the inside story of the fight to save Detroit against impossible...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2016

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LeDuff, Charlie.

Summary: An expose of bureaucratic corruption and systemic arson in Detroit traces the author's work with a local fire brigade and his investigations into the daily lives of politicians, police officials, and others who are working to save the troubled city.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 0000

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Chardavoyne, David G.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2003

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Nowak, Margaret Collingwood

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1989

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Kilpatrick, Kwame M.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Publishing 2011

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Young, Coleman A.

Summary: In his sophisticated, savvy, charismatic, fifty-year career, Mayor Coleman Young has been called many things, and one of them is the most powerful black politician in American history. His account of his epic journey from "Big Time Red" on the Prohibition streets of Detroit to five terms as the city's mayor looks back on decades of activity paralleling every modern African-American movement....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1994

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Summary: Quotations and text messages from former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick compiled by Detroit Free Press reporters M.L. Elrick and Jim Schaefer.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Watchmen Ink LLC 2009

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