Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story

by David Maraniss

Book Overview

* Winner - Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (2016) * "Elegiac and richly detailed... Maraniss] succeeds with authoritative, adrenaline-laced flair...evocative." --Michiko Kakutani for The New York Times As David Maraniss captures it with power and affection, Detroit summed up America's path to music and prosperity that was already past history. It's 1963 and Detroit is on top of the world. The city's leaders are among the most visionary in America: Grandson...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476748381
• ISBN13: 9781476748382
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.4"