Detroit Books
Belle Isle to 8 Mile: An Insiders Guide to Detroit, Second Edition
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Belle Isle to 8 MileAn Insider’s Guide to Detroit, Second Edition Seventh-generation Detroiters Andy Linn, Emily Linn, and Rob Linn, and local business City Bird produced Belle Isle to 8...
A Peoples Atlas of Detroit
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A People's Atlas of DetroitEdited by Linda Campbell, Andrew Newman, Sara Safransky, and Tim Stallmann Detroit is widely known as the Motor City, but it has also given rise to...
Detroit Graffiti
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Detroit Graffiti Hardcover – December 28, 2014by Chris Freitag (Author) In the past three or four years, Detroit has become a “spraycation” spot for graffiti artists. Formerly known as the...
The Queen Next Door
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"The Queen Next Door " by Linda Solomon "Aretha was private. I respected this and she trusted me." Linda Solomon met Aretha Franklin in 1983 when she was just beginning her career as...
Detroit Engine of America
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"The Buildings of Detroit " by W Hawkins Ferry (Author),? John Gallagher (Foreword) First published in 1968, The Buildings of Detroit: A History by W. Hawkins Ferry is the definitive resource on...
Rosie, A Detroit Herstory
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"The Quotations of Mayor Coleman A. Young" by Bill Mcgraw (editor) This little red book brings together many of the longtime Detroit Mayor?s most unforgettable lines in a format meant to...
A Newscast for the Masses: The History of Detroit Television News
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"A Newscast for the Masses: The History of Detroit Television News" By Timothy Kiska As the chief source of information for many people and a key revenue stream for the...
Detroit 1967: Origins, Impacts, Legacies
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"Detroit 1967: Origins, Impacts, Legacies" by Joel Stone (Editor, Contributor), Thomas J. Sugrue (Foreword), freelance journalist Bill McGraw (Contributor), & 25 more In the summer of 1967, Detroit experienced one...
Flower House Detroit
$89.00
"Flower House Detroit " by Heather Saunders As Detroit developed northward from the riverfront, Woodward Avenue became a mecca for retail, restaurants, and services. The 1870s and 1880s saw many independent merchants...
Rowing Inland : Poems by Jim Daniels
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"Rowing Inland" Poems by Jim Daniels Rowing Inland, Jim Daniels’s fifteenth book of poetry is a time machine that takes the reader back to the Metro Detroit of his youth and...
Chevrolet: 1911-1960
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"Chevrolet: 1911-1960" By Michael W. R. Davis The Chevrolet car and truck business traces its roots back to Michigan's lumber industry in the middle of the 19th century. Lumber mills...
The Faygo Book
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"The Faygo Book" by Joe GrimmThe Faygo Book is the social history of a company that has forged a bond with a city and its residents for more than a...
Blessed Solanus Casey
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"Blessed Solanus Casey" By Patricia Montemurri Whenever there was a knock at the Capuchin Monastery door, Fr. Solanus Casey answered. The Capuchin friar's prayers brought comfort and healing to visitors...
The Buildings of Detroit
$99.00
"The Buildings of Detroit " by W Hawkins Ferry (Author),? John Gallagher (Foreword) First published in 1968, The Buildings of Detroit: A History by W. Hawkins Ferry is the definitive resource on...
Building The Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit
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"Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit" by Michael E. Hodges Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit by Michael H. Hodges tells the story of the German-Jewish...
The Quotations of Mayor Coleman A. Young
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"The Quotations of Mayor Coleman A. Young" by Bill Mcgraw (editor) This little red book brings together many of the longtime Detroit Mayor?s most unforgettable lines in a format meant to...
Detroit's Grand River & Greenfield Neighborhood
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"Detroit's Grand River & Greenfield Neighborhood" By Joseph McCauley As Detroit developed northward from the riverfront, Woodward Avenue became a mecca for retail, restaurants, and services. The 1870s and 1880s...
Detroit Beer: A History of Brewing in the Motor City
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"Detroit Beer: A History of Brewing in the Motor City" by Stephen C. Johnson While in recent years Detroit’s craft beer scene has exploded with activity and innovation, brewing has a...
Detroit Gesu Catholic Church and School
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"Detroit Gesu Catholic Church and School" By Patricia Montemurri In a reconfigured farmhouse just a mile outside of the city limits of Detroit, a Jesuit priest and 25 men, women,...
Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit: 100 Years
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"Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit: 100 Years"By Lauren McGregor and John Minnis on behalf of the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund Lauren McGregor and John Minnis are coauthors of Images...
Alexander Girard, Architect: Creating Midcentury Modern Masterpieces
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"Alexander Girard, Architect: Creating Midcentury Modern Masterpieces" by Deborah Lubera Kawsky. Foreword by Ruth Adler Schnee During the midcentury period, Michigan attracted visionary architects, designers, and theorists, including Alexander Girard. While...
Art In Detroit Public Places
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"Art in Detroit Public Places" by Dennis Alan NawrockiThis new and updated edition of a classic guidebook considers over 150 pieces organized by section into six geographical districts of metropolitan...
Brewed In Detroit: Breweries and Beers since 1830
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"Brewed in Detroit: Breweries and Beers since 1830" by Peter H. Blum "Brewed in Detroit" describes the history of the brewing industry in the Detroit metropolitan area from its beginning...
AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture
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"AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture" by Eric J. Hill and John Gallagher With its sleek look and easy-to-use layout, this completely new guide to Detroit...
The Kwame Sutra: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
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"The Kwame Sutra: Musings on lust, life and leadership from Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick" Compiled by M. L. Elrick and Jim Schaefer. From Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters M.L. Elrick and Jim...
Canvas Detroit
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"Canvas Detroit" by Julie Pincus & Nichole Christian Detroit's unique and partly abandoned cityscape has scarred its image around the world for decades. But in the last several years journalists have...
American City : Detroit Architecture , 1845-2005
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"American City : Detroit Architecture , 1845-2005" by Robert Sharoff Detroit' s architecture reflects Detroit's role in the early years of the twentieth century as the country's leading industrial center, the...
Yamasaki In Detroit : A Search for Serenity
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"Yamasaki In Detroit : A Search for Serenity" by John Gallagher Although his best-known project was the World Trade Center in New York City, Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912 1986)...
A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and The Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland
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"A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and The Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland" edited by Karolyn Smardz Frost and Veta Smith Tucker As the major gateway into British North...
Detroitland: A Collection of Movers, Shakers, Lost Souls, and History Makers from Detroit's Past
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"Detroitland: A Collection of Movers, Shakers, Lost Souls, and History Makers from Detroit's Past" by Richard Bak In Detroitland: A Collection of Movers, Shakers, Lost Souls, and History Makers from Detroit's...
Heaven Was Detroit
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"Heaven Was Detroit : From Jazz to Hip-Hop and Beyond" Heaven Was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip Hop and Beyond is the first of its kind to capture the full...
Things I do in Detroit : A Guidebook to the coolest places by the Nain Rouge
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"Things I Do in Detroit: A Guidebook to the Coolest Places by The Nain Rouge" by Dave Krieger The Nain Rouge, French for red dwarf, is a fabled gnome that has...
The Color of Law : Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights
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"The Color of Law : Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights" by Steve Babson, Dave Riddle, and David Elsila In a working life that spanned half a...
Chevrolet : 1960-2012
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"Chevrolet : 1960-2012" by Michael W.R. Davis Images of America: Chevrolet: 1960–2012 is the second of a two-volume photographic history of Chevrolet, one of the world’s best-known automotive brands, symbolized by...
Detroit's Eastern Market A Farmers Market Shopping and Cooking Guide, Third Edition
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"Detroit's Eastern Market :A Farmers Market Shopping and Cooking Guide, Third Edition" by Lois Johnson and Margaret Thomas Since 1887, Detroit’s Eastern Market, the largest open-air market of its kind in the...
The Detroit Public Library : An American Classic
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"The Detroit Public Library : An American Classic" by Barbara Madgy Cohn and Patrice Rafail Merritt For the last century, the Detroit Public Library has ranked as one of the most beautiful...
The Healing Work of Art : From the Collection of Detroit Receiving Hospital
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"The Healing Work of Art : From the Collection of Detroit Receiving Hospital" Edited by Irene Walt and Grace Serra In 1968 Detroit Receiving Hospital, through the generosity of Michigan artists...
A History of Wayne State University in Photographs, Second Edition
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"A History of Wayne State University in Photographs, Second Edition" By Evelyn Aschenbrenner With a Foreword by M. Roy Wilson Wayne State University traces its earliest roots to the Civil War...
Embracing a City, The Kresge Foundation in Detroit: 1993-2017
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"Embracing a City, The Kresge Foundation in Detroit: 1993-2017" By Tony Proscio and M.A. Farber The book provides a behind-the-scenes look into the unlikely partnerships, unique collaborations, variety of financial tools...
The Detroit Riot of 1967
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"The Detroit Riot of 1967" by Huber G Locke During the last days of July 1967, Detroit experienced a week of devastating urban collapse-one of the worst civil disorders in...
Abandon Automobile: Detroit City Poetry 2001
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"Abandon Automobile: Detroit City Poetry 2001" by contributing poets Do poets' surroundings shape their viewpoint and work? Abandon Automobile seeks to address this question by bringing together the work of more...
Race, Religion, and the Pulpit: Rev. Robert L. Bradby and the Making of Urban Detroit
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"Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk" by Dan Sicko Author Dan Sicko demystifies techno's characteristics, influences, origins, and argued that although techno enjoyed its most widespread popularity in Europe,...
Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk
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"Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk" by Dan Sicko Author Dan Sicko demystifies techno's characteristics, influences, origins, and argued that although techno enjoyed its most widespread popularity in Europe,...
Detroit's Historic Fort Wayne
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"Detroit's Historic Fort Wayne" by James Conway and David F. James Michigan's historic Fort Wayne, located on the narrowest point of the Detroit River, is named for Revolutionary War hero Gen....
Mapping Detroit: Land, Community, and Shaping a City
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"Mapping Detroit: Land, Community, and Shaping a City" Edited by June Manning Thomas and Henco BekkeringOne of Detroit’s most defining modern characteristics—and most pressing dilemmas—is its huge amount of neglected...
The Official Marche du Nain Rouge Coloring and Activity Book
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"The Official Marche du Nain Rouge Coloring and Activity Book" by Marche du Nain RougeDid you miss Volumes 1-6? Forget it. All you need to know about the Nain, the...
Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture
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"Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture" by Michael G. Smith In the early 1900s, Detroit was leading the nation in architectural innovation and designer Wirt Rowland...
Greetings From Detroit: Historic Postcards from the Motor City
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"Grettings from Detroit: Historic Postcards from the Motor City" by Dan Austin Greetings from Detroit: Historic Postcards from the Motor City offers a glimpse into the past through more than two...