Thunder City
A tour de force novel of crime and corruption in the early days of Detroit's auto industry (Kirkus Reviews). At the turn of the twentieth century, Detroit is still decades away from becoming the Motor City. The budding manufacturing town is little more than a confederation of tightly knit ethnic enclaves, ruled over by men like Abner Crownover III, horse-coach baron, and James Dolan, a portly politician who runs the city government from behind the scenes. They had thought their grip on this young city was secure, but internal combustion is about to destroy their empire. An industrial wizard named Henry Ford has come to Detroit with a dream o…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4532-4863-8
- EAN: 9781453248638
- Produktnummer: 31910470
- Verlag: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'915 KB
- Reihenbandnummer: 7
Über den Autor
Loren D. Estleman (b. 1952) has written over sixty-five novels. His most enduring character, Amos Walker, made his first appearance in 1980's Motor City Blue, and the hardboiled Detroit private eye has been featured in twenty books since. Estleman has also won praise for his adventure novels set in the Old West, receiving awards for many of his standalone westerns. In 1993 Estleman married Deborah Morgan, a fellow mystery author. He lives and works in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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