Overview
" 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
- | Author: Dominic J. Capeci
- | Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
- | Publication Date: Oct 31, 1996
- | Number of Pages: 336 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 081311974X
- | ISBN-13: 9780813119748
