Author Talk: Honorable Gerald E. Rosen, Author of Grand Bargain: The Inside Story of Detroit’s Dramatic Journey from Bankruptcy to Rebirth

The library is pleased to co-present this event with Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. Registration is required and is open to all: Select the green 'Register' button to sign up on the JHSM website.

By the summer of 2013, Detroit was flat broke with one truly sizable asset: a collection of masterpieces held by the Detroit Institute of Arts. To cover the city's debts, creditors wanted to put the collection on the auction block. Pundits around the world were writing Detroit’s obituary, and liquidating the art threatened to become the final exclamation point.

Hon. Gerald E. Rosen (Ret.), chief mediator in the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history and architect of the Grand Bargain that saved Detroit and the DIA’s priceless collection, reveals the inside story of how Detroit was rescued from oblivion. Copied of his book, The Grand Bargain, will be available for purchase.

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