Detroit History
Detroit Engine of America
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"Detroit: Engine of America" by R.J King This is the story of how, starting in 1701, a crude French settlement along the Detroit River became, in 1900, the birthplace of the automotive...
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...
Rosie, A Detroit Herstory
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"Rosie, A Detroit Herstory" by Bailey Sisoy IsgroIllustrated by Nicole Lapointe Rosie, a Detroit Herstory is a remarkable story for young readers about women workers during World War II. At this...
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: An American Autopsy
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"Detroit: An American Autopsy" by Charlie LeDuff An explosive exposé of America’s lost prosperity by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charlie LeDuff Back in his broken hometown, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff searches...
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...
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 Guardian Building: Cathedral of Finance
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"The Guardian Building: Cathedral of Finance" by James W. Tottis The years between World War I and the economic collapse of 1929 witnessed Detroit's greatest building boom. Perhaps the most...
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...
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 behind...
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...
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)...
Secret Societies in Detroit
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"Secret Societies in Detroit" By Bill Loomis Secret societies have operated in Detroit for most of the city’s history. Many started for fun and companionship. Others had more serious ends...
Early Organized Crime In Detroit
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"Early Organized Crime In Detroit" by James Buccellato In a reconfigured farmhouse just a mile outside of the city limits of Detroit, a Jesuit priest and 25 men, women, and children...
The Legacy of Albert Kahn
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"The Legacy of Albert Kahn" by W. Hawkins Ferry The Legacy of Albert Kahn salutes the achievements of one of America's most distinguished architects. Originally the catalog for a major...
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...
A History Lover's Guide to Detroit
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"A History Lover's Guide to Detroit" by Karen Dybis Detroit's auto heritage is known worldwide, but this fascinating city's history runs much deeper. Step inside the tiny recording studio where Berry...
Hidden History of Detroit
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"Hidden History of Detroit" by Amy Elliott Bragg. Discover the Motor City before the motor: a muddy port town full of grogshops, horse races, haphazard cemeteries and enterprising bootstrappers from all...
Wicked Women of Detroit
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"Wicked Women of Detroit" By Tobin T. Buhk Author Tobin T. Buhk recounts the thrilling tales of Detroit's most violent, clever and misunderstood female criminals. "Queen of the Underworld" Sophie...
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...
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...
The Grande Ballroom : Detroit's Rock 'n' Roll Palace
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"The Grande Ballroom : Detroit's Rock 'n' Roll Palace" by Leo Early In the 1920s, a jewel of Detroit entertainment arose on the Westside?the Grande Ballroom. The venue flourished under the...
Irish Immigrants in Michigan: A History in Stories
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"Irish Immigrants in Michigan: A History in Stories" By Pat Commins & Elizabeth Rice To leave or stay was the question for the Irish in the nineteenth century. In Ireland,...
Lost Restaurants of Detroit
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"Lost Restaurants of Detroit" By Paul Vachon Through stories and recipes nearly lost to time, author Paul Vachon explores the history of the Motor City's fine dining, ethnic eateries and...
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...
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...
Lost Detroit
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"Lost Detroit" by Cheri Y. Gay Contains 68 different losses from 1889 up to the present day, including schools, churches, theaters, clubhouses, parks, stores, hotels, offices, and factories Organized chronologically,...
Detroit - Wildsam Field Guide - Second Edition
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"Detroit: Second Edition (Wildsam City Guides)" by Taylor Bruce Wildsam Field Guides: Detroit leads travelers into the storied and complex Michigan city with expert guidance from locals. Contributors include journalists,...
Pewabic Pottery: A History Handcrafted in Detroit
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"Pewabic Pottery: A History Handcrafted in Detroit" By Cara Catallo At the height of America's Arts and Crafts movement, Detroit neighbors Horace J. Caulkins and Mary Chase Perry pooled their...
Hudson's: Detroit's Legendary Department Store
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"Hudson's: Detroit's Legendary Department Store" By Michael Hauser and Marianne Weldon For over a century, the J.L. Hudson's Department Store was more than just a store - it was a...
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 &...
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...
Lost Car Companies of Detroit
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"Lost Car Companies of Detroit" by Alan Naldrett Among more than two hundred auto companies that tried their luck in the Motor City, just three remain: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler....
Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City
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"Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City" by John Gallagher. Experts estimate that perhaps forty square miles of Detroit are vacantfrom a quarter to a third of the city a...
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...
Italians In Detroit
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"Italians In Detroit" By Armando Delicato People of Italian descent have been present in Detroit since Alfonso Tonti, second-in-command to Antoine Cadillac, participated in the founding of the city in...
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...
Packard Motor Company
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"Packard Motor Company" by Evan P. Ide Founded in 1899, the Packard Motor Car Company grew into one of America's finest automobile companies, producing cars that exemplified American quality and innovation....
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...
Detroit's Corktown
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"Detroit's Corktown" by Armando Delicoto Detroit's Corktown celebrates the history of Detroit's oldest neighborhood. From Irish immigrants in the 1840s to urban pioneers of the 21st century, this community has...
Detroit's Lost Poletown
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"Detroit's Lost Poletown: The Little Neighborhood That Touched a Nation" By Brianne Turczynski Poletown was a once vibrant, ethnically diverse neighborhood in Detroit. In its prime, it had a store...
Catholic Churches of Detroit
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"Catholic Churches of Detroit" By Roman Godzak Detroit was once known as the City of Churches. From a primitive log chapel on the banks of the Detroit River three centuries...
Detroit: A Motor City History
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"Detroit: A Motor City History" By David Lee Poremba On July 24, 1701, Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac stood in the heart of the wilderness on a bluff overlooking the Detroit...
Tiger Stadium
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"Tiger Stadium" By Irwin J. Cohen Michigan and Trumbull was the address for professional baseball in Detroit for 104 seasons. From 1896 when Bennett Park opened, until the last game...
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...
Arsenal of Democracy : The American Automobile Industry in World War II
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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...
100 Things to do in Detroit Before You Die
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"100 Things to do in Detroit Before You Die" By Amy S. Eckert Detroit enjoys a rich history, having forged the American landscape with sexy muscle cars and the toe-tapping...
Gentrifier - A Memoir
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"Gentrifier, A Memoir" by Anne Elizabeth MooreTaking on the thorny ethics of owning and selling property as a white woman in a majority Black city and a majority Bangladeshi neighborhood...