Detroitland
a collection of movers, shakers, lost souls, and history makers from Detroit's past
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Author
Publication
2011 - Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Mich, Michigan
Language
English
Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25220124M
- ISBN-139780814334997
- OCLC Control Number701622862
- OCLC Control Numberdetroitlandcolle0000bakr
- Library of Congress Control Number2011005436
Classifications
- DDC977.4/34
- LCCF574.D457 B349 2011
Description
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.
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