Reddit reviews Detroit: An American Autopsy

Charlie LeDuff is one of my heroes in the journalism field. He just published "Detroit: An American Autopsy" (which I haven't read yet) but I can highly recommend his previous book "US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man"

Also, Charlie is the star of the all-time top video on /r/videos – where he eats cat food for a story about Meals on Wheels. We need a Charlie in every city!

He's also written a few books.

Detroit: An American Autopsy
http://amzn.com/1594205345

(Who is responsible for) "the police officers with broken computers in their squad cars, firefighters with holes in their boots, ambulances that arrive late, a city that can't keep its lights on and leaves its vacant buildings to the arsonist's match, a state government that allows corpses to stack up in the morgue, multinational corporations that move away and leave poisoned fields behind, judges who let violent criminals walk the streets, school stewards who steal the children's milk money, elected officials who loot the city, automobile executives who couldn't manage a grocery store, or Wall Street grifters who destroyed the economy and left the nation's children with a burden of debt while they partied it up in Southampton?" -from Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff.

If you think its as simple as Unions=bad, GOP=bad...I HIGHLY suggest reading Charlie LeDuff's book on Detroit.
Another incredible article here regarding the decline of Detroit.

Detroit: An American Autopsy. I grew up in Detroit and put in a hold request for this book a few weeks ago. There was a wait list, but I finally got it this week. Checked it out one day before Detroit filed for bankruptcy.

Turning out to be an engaging read so far. 4/5 would recommend.

It really can't be blamed on the party. It's the people in charge, that have a choke hold on the government. It's so unbelievably corrupt -- really -- compared to just about anywhere.

This book is good: Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff.

Detroit: an American autopsy

Do yourself a favor and listen to Charlie LeDuff's Fresh Air interview and go read his book. He's an amazing guy doing great journalistic work.

I quite enjoyed The Emperor of Maladies and Detroit: An American Autoposy. Obviously the book about Detroit isn't about a world issue, it's a pretty localized one but it's a great read.

His book about is Detroit is pretty fucking great. It's obvious he loves his hometown, but hates what it has become.

I highly recommend it if you want to know more about Detroit's collapse from the people that live there.

if you didn't know, Charlie has an awesome book regarding his home town, Detroit, aptly named (even more so in recent events), Detroit: An American Autopsy. show some support, it's a really great book and I think that if you love him as a reporter, you'll love him as an author.


http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/1594205345

Detroit: An American Autopsy

"Back in his broken hometown, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charlie LeDuff searches through the ruins for clues to its fate, his family’s, and his own. Detroit is where his mother’s flower shop was firebombed in the pre-Halloween orgy of arson known as Devil’s Night; where his sister lost herself to the west side streets; where his brother, who once sold subprime mortgages with skill and silk, now works in a factory cleaning Chinese-manufactured screws so they can be repackaged as “May Be Made in United States.”

You got whooshed bruh, read this book if you want to know more it’s fantastic but it only touches the surface on the corruption that is in Detroit.https://www.amazon.com/Detroit-American-Autopsy-Charlie-LeDuff/dp/1594205345/ref=asc_df_1594205345_nodl/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312045581420&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6885033396011602815&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019544&hvtargid=pla-524457027045&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=62837065180&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312045581420&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6885033396011602815&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019544&hvtargid=pla-524457027045