Detroit and the Good War: The World War II Letters of Mayor Edward Jeffries and Friends

By Edward Jefferies

" Edward J. Jeffries Jr., was elected mayor of Detroit in 1937 and for a decade led the city through a period of race riots, union turmoil, and unprecedented growth. Jeffries's circle of friends was made up primarily of newspaper reporters who shared his interests and lifestyle. Devoted to family, they nevertheless worked long hours, smoked heavily, drank moderately, and gambled often in their running card games of gin and poker. After Pearl Harbor, Jeffries watched his closest friends, most twe

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081311974X
• ISBN13: 9780813119748
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher