Author: BAK, RICHARD & COLUMNIST NEAL RUBIN
Title: Detroitland a Collection of Movers, Shakers, Lost Souls, and History Makers from Detroit's Past
Description: Detroit [?]: Painted Turtle, 2011. Paperback. ISBN: 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.. Very Good+ .

Keywords: 0814334997 Detroit History; Detroit People; Detroit Locations; Michigan History; Journalists; Racism; African American History; Black History; Cultural History; Women/Womens' History Cultural History American History Biography/Memoirs/Journals African Ame