The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

by Bridgett M. Davis

Book Overview

As seen on the Today Show: This true story of an unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and their life in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s highlights the outstanding humanity of black America (James McBride).
In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee, borrowed $100 from her brother to run a numbers racket...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316558737
• ISBN13: 9780316558730
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"