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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...
Redevelopment and Race: Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit
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"Redevelopment and Race: Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit" by June Manning Thomas During the last days of July 1967, Detroit experienced a week of devastating urban collapse-one of the...
Crystal and Her Family
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"Crystal and Her Family" By Dan Jones Inside a seemingly-normal family is Simon Gates, a father and husband secretly plagued by his compulsive, adulterous lifestyle. While attempting to turn his life...
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...
Essay'd 3: 30 Detroit Artists
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"Essay’d 3: 30 Detroit Artists" Edited and compiled by Dennis Alan Nawrocki, Steve Panton, and Matthew Piper Essay’d 3: 30 Detroit Artists is the third volume in a series of...
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...
Detroit's Woodmere Cemetery
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"Detroit's Woodmere Cemetaery" by Gail D. Hershenzon In 1867, a roomful of men gathered in the office of a noted attorney to discuss Detroit's need for a rural cemetery. They...
Where to Eat Pizza: The Last Word on the Slice
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"Where to Eat Pizza " by Daniel Young Over 1,000 food experts and aficionados from around the world reveal their insider tips on finding a perfect slice of pizza From the publishers...
Flower House Detroit
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"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...
Cuba's Car Culture
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"Cuba's Car Culture " by Tom Cotter Cuba's Car Culture drives through Cuba's love of American cars of the '40s and '50s, and the ingenuity that keeps them running despite the U.S. embargo.2017 Silver Medal Winner of...
Revolution Detroit: Strategies for Urban Reinvention
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"Revolution Detroit: Strategies for Urban Reinvention" by John Gallagher. After decades of suburban sprawl, job loss, and lack of regional government, Detroit has become a symbol of post-industrial distress and also...
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...
Day One: An Automotive Journalist's Muscle-Car Memoir
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"Day One: An Automotive Journalist's Muscle-Car Memoir"by Martyn L. Schorr (Author), Joe Oldham (Foreword) In Day One, automotive journalist Marty Schorr recalls life on the front line in the classic...
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra : Grace, Grit, and Glory
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"The Detroit Symphony Orchestra : Grace, Grit, and Glory" by Laurie Lanzen Harris with Paul Ganson The Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Grace, Grit, and Glory details the history of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra...
The Saginaw Trail: From Native American Path to Woodward Avenue
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"The Saginaw Trail: From Native American Path to Woodward Avenue"By Leslie K. Pielack The Saginaw Trail led from the frontier town of Detroit into the wilderness, weaving through towering trees...
Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit
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"Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit" by Scott M. Burnstein Motor City Mafia chronicles the storied and hallowed gangland history of the notorious Detroit underworld. Scott...
Detroit's Michigan Central Station
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"Detroit's Michigan Central Station" by Kelli B. Kavanaugh In 1913, the Michigan Central Station opened its majestic entrances to the people of Detroit. Designed by Warren & Wetmore and Reed &...
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...
Forgotten Detroit
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"Forgotten Detroit" By Paul Vachon Detroiters know their history well. Founded in 1701 by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, the city subsisted on a variety of industries: fur trading, stove building,...
Detroit's Infamous Purple Gang
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"Detroit's Infamous Purple Gang" By Paul R. Kavieff Detroit’s Infamous Purple Gang is a photographic history of one of the most notorious organized crime groups of the 20th century. The...
Lost Detroit: Stories Behind the Motor City's Majestic Ruins
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"Lost Detroit: Stories Behind The Motor City's Majestic Ruins," by Dan Austin. Lost Detroit tells the stories behind 12 of the city's most beautiful, all-but-forgotten landmarks and of the people...
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...
The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook
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"The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook" by Aaron FoleyDetroiters need to get to know their neighbors better. Wait — maybe that should be, Detroiters should get to know their neighborhoods better. It...
How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass Volume 2
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"How to Live in Detroit without being a Jackass, Volume 2" by Aaron FoleyAre you moving to Detroit because your rent is too high? Did you read somewhere that all...
Essay'd 2: 30 Detroit Artists
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"Essay’d 2: 30 Detroit Artists" Written, edited, and compiled by Dennis Alan Nawrocki, Steve Panton, Matthew Piper, and Sarah Rose Sharp Essay’d 2: 30 Detroit Artists follows the welcome reception of...
Detroit: 1900-1930
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"Detroit: 1900-1930" By Richard Bak In this new addition to the Images of America series, Richard Bak takes us on a visual journey through Detroit's golden era, encompassing the first...
The Birth of Detroit Sound: 1940 - 1964
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"The Birth of the Detroit Sound: 1940-1964" By Marilyn Bond and S.R. Boland From the 1940s through the early 1960s, a new form of popular music was born in...
Detroit: City of Industry
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"Detroit: City of Industry" by David Lee Poremba Detroit is known worldwide as the automotive capital of the world. What is not widely known is that, prior to the birth of...
Detroit: 1860-1899
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"Detroit: 1860-1899" By David Lee Poremba In this rare and unprecedented collection, discover Detroit as it once was, with the people and industries that flourished in this community prior to...
Detroit's Street Railways
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"Detroit Street Railways" by Kenneth Schramm Detroit?s Street Railways tells the story of public transportation in the Motor City. Early on, a host of streetcar companies carried Detroiters about their...
Detroit's Historic Eastern Market
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"Detroit's Historic Eastern Market" by Randall Fogelman and Lisa E. RushEstablished in 1891, Detroits Eastern Market is the largest historic market district in the United States. This cultural and commercial...
Cruisin' the Original Woodward Avenue
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"Cruisin' the Original Woodward Avenue" By Anthony Ambrogio, Sharon Luckerman, Woodward Heritage Team In the 1950s, cruising swept the nation. American street became impromptu racetracks as soon as the police turned...
Detroit Fire Department
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"Detroit Fire Department" by David Traiforos and Arn Nowicki Once known as the Paris of the West, Motown became synonymous with urban abandonment and arson as job and population decline took...
Detroit's Belle Isle
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"Detroit's Belle Isle: Island Park Gem" By Michael Rodriguez and Thomas Featherstone One of the most unique urban parks in the world, Belle Isle has long been a source of...
Detroit's Mount Olivet Cemetery
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"Detroit's Mount Olivet Cemetery" By Cecile Wendt Jensen Mount Olivet was the second Catholic cemetery developed by the Mount Elliott Cemetery Association. Now surrounded by city, Mount Olivet was nestled...
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...
Frontier Metropolis: Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838
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"Frontier Metropolis: Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838" by Brian Leigh Dunnigan Despite its inland location, Detroit's origins as a French outpost make it older than many other cities of the eastern United...
Summer Dreams: The Story of Bob-lo Island
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"Summer Dreams: The Story of Bob-lo Island" by Patrick Livingston Located twenty miles south of Detroit where the Detroit River meets Lake Erie, Bob-lo Island was the ultimate summer playground...
The Buildings of Detroit
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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...
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...
Wicked Detroit
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"Wicked Detroit" By Mickey Lyons The Motor City boasts a long and sordid history of scoundrels, cheats and ne'er-do-wells. The wheeling and dealing prowess of founding father Antoine Cadillac is...
Detroit's Police Department
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"Detroit Police Department" By Lt. Donna Jarvis, Lt. Stephen W. White, Lt. Charles Wilson, and Officer Michael Woody Since its inception in 1865, the Detroit Police Department has been a trailblazer...
Detroit's Mexicantown
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"Detroit's Mexicantown" By Maria Elena Rodriguez Mexican immigrants began to settle in Detroit at the beginning of the 20th century. They were attracted by the jobs available in the automobile industry...
Labor in Detroit: Working in the Motor City
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"Labor in Detroit: Working in the Motor City" By Michael W. Smith and Thomas Featherstone On July 24, 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and his band of about 50...
Detroit: The Black Bottom Community
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"Detroit: The Black Bottom Community" By Jeremy Williams Between 1914 and 1951, Black Bottom's black community emerged out of the need for black migrants to find a place for themselves. Because...
Detroit's New Center
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"Detroit's New Center" by Randall Fogelman The northern anchor of Detroit's greater downtown, New Center is a diverse and vibrant neighborhood that offers shopping, entertainment, and dining among landmark architecture, historic...