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Monday, March 25, 2013

Book Recommendation

Detroit: An American Autopsy
By Charlie LeDuff (2013)



Detroit: An American Autopsy exposes bureaucratic corruption and systemic arson in Detroit. LeDuff writes about his experiences with the local fire department and his investigations into the daily lives of politicians, police officials, and others who are working to save the troubled city.
 
Charlie LeDuff was a staff writer at the New York Times and a reporter at the Detroit News, and is now a television journalist for Detroit’s Fox 2 News. He contributed to a Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times series and has received a Meyer Berger Award for distinguished writing about New York City. He is the author of US Guys and Work and Other Sins. LeDuff lives with his wife and daughter on the edge of the Detroit city limits.