Bill Morris is the author of the novels Motor City and Motor City Burning, along with the family memoir The Age of Astonishment, available from Pegasus Books. He is currently a staff writer with the online literary magazine the Millions, and his writing has appeared in Granta, the New York Times, the Washington Post Magazine, LA Weekly, Popular Mechanics, The Daily Beast, and numerous other newspapers and magazines. Bill grew up in Detroit and now lives in New York City.

“A very readable history about a lot more than the hapless team from Detroit. Because the Lions have long been owned by the Ford family, we learn much about the palace intrigues inside Ford Motor Co., especially those of William Clay Ford. Mr. Morris also gives readers a history of the automobile industry, from its heyday in the 1950s to the beginnings of its struggles in the 1970s. And because it’s Detroit, Mr. Morris delves into the racial politics and white flight that have made the city the symbol of American urban decay. This year, the Lions are considered one of the top three teams going into the new season. ‘The turnaround,’ Mr. Morris writes, ‘given all the history and all the misery that came before it, was beyond an astonishment. It was very nearly a miracle.'"

Bill Morris is the author of the novels Motor City and Motor City Burning, along with the family memoir The Age of Astonishment, available from Pegasus Books. He is currently a staff writer with the online literary magazine the Millions, and his writing has appeared in Granta, the New York Times, the Washington Post Magazine, LA Weekly, Popular Mechanics, The Daily Beast, and numerous other newspapers and magazines. Bill grew up in Detroit and now lives in New York City.

“A very readable history about a lot more than the hapless team from Detroit. Because the Lions have long been owned by the Ford family, we learn much about the palace intrigues inside Ford Motor Co., especially those of William Clay Ford. Mr. Morris also gives readers a history of the automobile industry, from its heyday in the 1950s to the beginnings of its struggles in the 1970s. And because it’s Detroit, Mr. Morris delves into the racial politics and white flight that have made the city the symbol of American urban decay. This year, the Lions are considered one of the top three teams going into the new season. ‘The turnaround,’ Mr. Morris writes, ‘given all the history and all the misery that came before it, was beyond an astonishment. It was very nearly a miracle.'"

Bill Morris is the author of the novels Motor City and Motor City Burning, along with the family memoir The Age of Astonishment, available from Pegasus Books. He is currently a staff writer with the online literary magazine the Millions, and his writing has appeared in Granta, the New York Times, the Washington Post Magazine, LA Weekly, Popular Mechanics, The Daily Beast, and numerous other newspapers and magazines. Bill grew up in Detroit and now lives in New York City.

“A very readable history about a lot more than the hapless team from Detroit. Because the Lions have long been owned by the Ford family, we learn much about the palace intrigues inside Ford Motor Co., especially those of William Clay Ford. Mr. Morris also gives readers a history of the automobile industry, from its heyday in the 1950s to the beginnings of its struggles in the 1970s. And because it’s Detroit, Mr. Morris delves into the racial politics and white flight that have made the city the symbol of American urban decay. This year, the Lions are considered one of the top three teams going into the new season. ‘The turnaround,’ Mr. Morris writes, ‘given all the history and all the misery that came before it, was beyond an astonishment. It was very nearly a miracle.'"