Originally Posted by
Amithesameboy
Very surprised to see that no-one - unless I have missed it - has posted about this superb new book by Stuart Cosgrove that has just come out in the UK. It could hardly be more pertinent to this forum.
It is a big, bold effort, very well organised and excellently researched and covers the 12 turbulent months of that key year. Centre stage are The Supremes, but Cosgrove also covers the challenges the city faced at the time such as the riots, obviously, and the gentle but inevitable slide into harder times that the city experienced as a result of the declining auto industry. I admire how even - handed he is on issues like Florence Ballard's ousting from the group, and despite some of the worst proof reading I've seen for a long time, it is a highly recommended read to anyone who is even remotely interested in the city.
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