| Description |
1 online resource (340 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Lists of Abbreviations and Names; Introduction; 1 The Great Hayden; 2 The Big Show; 3 The Crucible; 4 Meliora Resurget Cineribus; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 twelve to fourteen years his junior, enlist in the armed forces. Voracious letter writers, over the next f |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jeffries, Edward, 1900-1950 -- Correspondence
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| SUBJECT |
Jeffries, Edward, 1900-1950 fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Michigan -- Detroit
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Mayors -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Correspondence
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Military.
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Mayors
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| SUBJECT |
Detroit (Mich.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94002942
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| Subject |
Michigan -- Detroit
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813159133 |
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081315913X |
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