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Motor City Paperback – May 6, 2024

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Angus Drummond, born poor in Scotland, yearns for a better life. In 1893, after the untimely death of his father and sister, he sails to America. He loves all things mechanical, especially the new marvel of the age, the motor car — and he knows that Detroit is where they’re made.

Tobias Woodson, born the grandson of a slave, a farmhand in Mississippi, wants more in life than picking cotton on the Delta. He makes his way to Detroit. His dream is to work for the great automaker, Republic Motors. The work is hard and dangerous, and the city as prejudiced as any place he knew in the South.

Jacob Hoffman escapes Nazi Germany in 1937 and with his young family, travels to Detroit. Though Jacob is a college-educated, skilled mechanical engineer, he is a Jew and his uncle is a communist. He is forced to take a menial, back-breaking job on the assembly line. Will his talent as an engineer ever be recognized? Can his genius help in the fight of the infant UAW?

Motor Cityis the story of three men and the women who supported them as their paths intersect in 1937 in Detroit, the crucible of capitalism, prejudice, and grand opportunity. It is a sweeping saga about the automobile industry in its infancy, when any dream was possible, and the fight by the United Auto Workers for better pay and working conditions, took the industry to the edge of conflict, insurrection and finally to triumph.
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    366 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    May 6, 2024
  4. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.92 x 8.5 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1734840331
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1734840339
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lintault Project Services, LLC (May 6, 2024)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 366 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1734840331
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1734840339
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.92 x 8.5 inches
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R. J. Linteau is the author of four novels, two published by Dorrance Publishing, and two self-published, the latest being Motor City. After a career in real-estate development, he has devoted himself to writing full-time. He has also written two-screnplays and short stories. His passion is historical fiction based on real world events. He places his fictional central characters in the center of major historical situations: the formation and early struggles of the UAW for recognition (1937); the assassination attempt on the life of Adolph Hilter (1944); or the devastating rule of the Duvalier's in Haiti in the 1970's-80's. Mr. Linteau (pen name) has a Bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of Detroit Mercy (1972). His early experience in the architectectural profession was the inspiration for his first novel, The Architect. He enjoys reading non-fiction (Erik Larson), the novels of Elmore Leonard, Ken Follett, and Carl Hiassen; travel to foreign lands with his wife of 41 years, Sharon, Key West, Florida and Sedona, Arizona. Linteau was born in 1948 in New York City.

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