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Built in Detroit tells the story of Ken Morris and the formation of one of the great labor unions, the United Automobile Workers (UAW). Author Bob Morris, Ken's son, chronicles the Auto Workers' battles with companies and the vicious attacks on union leaders, including Ken Morris, Walter Reuther and others. Rich with personal and historical details, Built in Detroit narrates a story unique to Detroit. It portrays top labor leaders of the 1930s and 1940s, and the rank and file members who supported these labor activists. It provides portraits of early auto industrialists, their companies, and the gangsters they hired. In the case of the Briggs Manufacturing Company, it shows how a company that played loose with the law ultimately floundered, its Detroit heritage largely forgotten.