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Land of Opportunity: One Familys Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack Audiobook, by William Adler Play Audiobook Sample

Land of Opportunity: One Family's Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack Audiobook

Land of Opportunity: One Familys Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack Audiobook, by William Adler Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Todd McLaren Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 10.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 7.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781666119008

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

24

Longest Chapter Length:

59:24 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

18:17 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

38:38 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Part true crime, part work of urban sociology, Land of Opportunity is a meticulously researched account of the rise and fall of the Chambers brothers, who ran a multi-million-dollar crack cocaine operation in Detroit in the 1980s.

Descended from Arkansas sharecroppers, BJ, Larry, and Willie Chambers moved to Detroit seeking economic opportunity, and built a successful drug empire by applying strict business principles to their trade; their business grossed an estimated $55 million annually until the brothers were sent to prison in 1989. Reading the Chambers brothers in the context of the fall of the Detroit auto-industry and its impact on the city's economy and residents, Land of Opportunity demonstrates how for the Chambers brothers, crack dealing was a rational career choice; and through the Chambers brothers' story, Adler provides bottom-up history of late Second Great Migration, deindustrialization, the War on Drugs, and crack era in both Detroit and the United States.

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About Todd McLaren

Todd McLaren, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, was involved in radio for more than twenty years in cities on both coasts, including Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. He left broadcasting for a full-time career in voice acting, where he has been heard on more than five thousand television and radio commercials, as well as television promos; narrations for documentaries on such networks as A&E, Discovery, and the History Channel; and films, including Who Framed Roger Rabbit?