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Detroitland A Collection of Movers, Shakers, Lost Souls, and History Makers from Detroit's Past
by Bak, Richard & Columnist Neal Rubin
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0814334997
- ISBN 13
- 9780814334997
- Seller
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About This Item
Detroit [?]: Painted Turtle. Near Fine. 2011. Softcover. 0814334997 . Painted Turtle Series; B&W Illustrations; 10 X 7 X 0.80 inches; xi, 352 pages; Soft cover has light rubbing, scuffing and bumping to covers. Pages are clean and tight; pages are not cut at top. Illustrated with b/w pictures. 'WorldCatSummary: From The Books Back Cover: Welcome to Detroitland, where award-winning journalist Richard Bak brings to life episodes from roughly a century of Detroit's colorful history. Bak tackles familiar names like Frank Murphy, the Purple Gang, the Lone Ranger, "Potato Patch" Pingree, and Charles Lindbergh. He also introduces little-known Detroit characters like the Black Legion, Detroit's own version of the Ku Klux Klan: Jonny Miler, the man who walloped Joe Louis in the Brown Bomber's first-ever amateur fight; patrolman Ben Turpin, the terror of Black Bottom criminals; Sophie Lyons, legendary "Queen of the Underworld" and Detroit philanthropist; and Shorty Long, Brenda Holloway, the Velvelettes, and other forgotten Motown artists of the 60's'. Index. .
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- Title
- Detroitland A Collection of Movers, Shakers, Lost Souls, and History Makers from Detroit's Past
- Author
- Bak, Richard & Columnist Neal Rubin
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0814334997
- ISBN 13
- 9780814334997
- Publisher
- Painted Turtle
- Place of Publication
- Detroit [?]
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- 0814334997, Detroit History;, Detroit People;, Detroit Locations;, Michigan History;, Journalists;, Racism;, African American History;, Black History;, Cultural History;
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