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Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story 

byDavid Maraniss

Centered on the detroit story, Once in a Great City shows David Maraniss tracing how individual lives intersect with institutions, ideas, and historical change. Once in a Great City combines archival sources, narrative history, and voices from the period, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of history and music, Once in a Great City explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter. By the end, the detroit story emerges as a layered story of competing motives, unintended results, and choices made under pressure.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication date

2016

Format

Print edition

Pages

464

ISBN

9781476748399