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What happens when an iconic American city goes broke?At exactly 4:06 p.m. on July 18, 2013, the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy. It was the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history -- the Motor City had finally hit rock bottom. But what led to that fateful day, and how did the city survive the perilous months that followed?In Detroit Resurrected, Nathan Bomey delivers the inside story of the fight to save Detroit against impossible odds. Bomey, who covered the bankruptcy for the Detroit Free Press, provides a gripping account of the tremendous clash between lawyers, judges, bankers, union leaders, politicians, philanthropists, and the people of Detroit themselves.The battle to rescue this iconic city pulled together those who believed in its future -- despite their differences.
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I am a business reporter for USA TODAY and a former reporter for the Detroit Free Press. My new and third book is BRIDGE BUILDERS: BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A POLARIZED AGE, which will be released in May 2021 by Polity Press. For BRIDGE BUILDERS, I set out to meet Americans who are bringing people together despite their differences, whether it's politics, race, religion, class or culture. In the book, I tell their stories and examine what we can learn from them. I used this truly invigorating experience to turn out a solutions-oriented book that illuminates a different path in the face of rigid polarization. My second book, AFTER THE FACT: THE EROSION OF TRUTH AND THE INEVITABLE RISE OF DONALD TRUMP, was released in May 2018 in hardcover by Prometheus Books and in audiobook by Penguin Random House. AFTER THE FACT explores the post-fact era brought about by our collective transfer of trust from professional journalists to social media, technology, and ideological groups, enabling Donald Trump to trample the truth en route to the White House. My first book, DETROIT RESURRECTED: TO BANKRUPTCY AND BACK, was published in 2016 by W.W. Norton & Co. DETROIT RESURRECTED chronicles the largest Chapter 9 bankruptcy in U.S. history and is available in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook.
