Loren D. Estleman - The Detroit Series

The Detroit Series

The Detroit series sets out to tell the story of America in the twentieth century through the microcosm of Detroit.

• Thunder City - 1900 – 1910. The evolution of organised crime and the birth of the car industry.
• Whiskey River – 1928 – 1939. Prohibition.
• Jitterbug – 1943. Wartime and the ‘arsenal of democracy’.
• Edsel – 1951 – 1959. Ford launches the Edsel.
• Motown – 1966. Race riots.
• Stress – 1973. Racism.
• King of the Corner – 1990s