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Martelle tells the story of Detroit from its founding, with an eye toward the roots of its current problems. Narrator William Hughes' friendly tenor makes the story more engaging. His pace is consistent and well measured, and his pronunciation is always clear.
-- "AudioFile"This unsentimental assessment is rich with cold, hard facts about those responsible for what Detroit became and what it is today, and one cannot avoid the parallels between the failures of the legendary titans of banking, industry, and politics and the city's calamitous decline. Equally evident is the courage and resilience of those who continue to build a positive future for the city.
-- "Booklist""Former Detroit News reporter Martelle vividly recounts the rise and downfall of a once-great city...An informative albeit depressing glimpse of the workings of a once-great city that is now a shell of its former self."
-- "Publishers Weekly""Former Detroit News journalist Martelle explores the troubled city where he once worked. The author shows how no other American city has been gutted so deeply...a situation caused in part by auto-industry decline, racism, and anti-unionism...Martelle's case study combines history, economic evaluation, and firsthand accounts from individual Detroiters...A valuable biography sure to appeal to readers seeking to come to grips with important problems facing not just a city but a country."
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