Detroit is My Own Home Town.
signed first edition
1946 · Indianapolis
by Bingay, Malcolm W.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, 1946. First Edition, As Stated. Limited and Signed Edition. Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, uncut, 360 pp. Very Good, with light shelfwear and rubbing to covers. Illustrated with b & w plates. Contents: Introduction; Book One -- Putting the World on Wheels: From the Pontchartrain Bar to the D. A. C.; A Giant is Born on a Roaring Road; He Had to Win a War to Win Two Wars; From Durant to Sloan; Character and Product; Socrates in Industry; How Iffy Was Born; Who Does Henry Ford Think He Is?; Book Two -- The Mystery of the Closed Banks: The Banks Crash; James Couzens: A Study; Not One Cent!; Book Three -- Baseball: Detroit’s Safety Valve: The Fan Who Bought a Ball Park So He Could Have a Seat; Ty Cobb: Speed King; Baseball’s Troubadour; The Cloak Model Who Lived Over a Hat Store; Book Four -- Fabulous Fellows: All Cadillac’s Children; They Stoned a Prophet; His Was the Soul of the City; The Missionary President; Shall Not Perish from the Earth; He Fell into the River; Our Eddie; The Three Eagles; At Last He Married Her!; By the Waters of Babylon;’ The Three New Yorkers; The Face of the Earth Was His Canvas; Silent Depths; Book Five -- Prohibition, the Bridge, the Tunnel; Politics is Funny; That Race Riot; Our All-American Team. (Inventory #: 00327s)