Hidden History of Detroit, Hardcover - Amy Elliott Bragg

Reducere. Discover the Motor City before the motor: a muddy port town full of grog shops, horse races, haphazard cemeteries and enterprising bootstrappers fr...

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Detroit was once known as the City of Churches. From a primitive log chapel on the banks of the Detroit River three centuries ago to the contempora...

Reducere. While some restaurants come and go with little fanfare, others are dearly missed and never forgotten. In 1962, patrons of the Caucus Club were amon...

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Reducere. The changing fortunes of Detroit, told through the lens of the city's major sporting events, by the bestselling author of Soccernomics, and a prize...

Reducere. DescriptionThe 1950s, 60s, and 70s saw some of the most defining moments in our nation's history, and Detroit remained at the forefront during thes...

DescriptionThe Motor City boasts a long and sordid history of scoundrels, cheats and ne'er-do-wells. The wheeling and dealing prowess of founding f...

Reducere. Secret societies have operated in Detroit for most of the city's history. Many started for fun and companionship. Others had more serious ends in m...

For many, Detroit is the crunch capital of the world. More than forty local chip companies once fed the Motor City's never-ending appetite for salt...

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Reducere. THE HIDDEN JEWEL Introducing Amy Carmichael From the moment he and his mother arrived from England, everything about India shouted adventure to fou...

Reducere. HE ISN'T SUPPOSED TO EVEN TALK TO A HUMAN... MUCH LESS FALL IN LOVE WITH ONE.Sixteen-year-old Ryann Carroll has just run into the guy who saved her...

Reducere. Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit chronicles the storied and hallowed gangland history of the notorious Detroit underworld....

Reducere. At its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, Detroit's status as epicenter of the American auto industry made it a vibrant, populous, commercial hub and t...

Reducere. Recent bouts of gentrification and investment in Detroit have led some to call it the greatest turnaround story in American history. Meanwhile, act...

Reducere. Since prehistory, the bluffs of Natchez have called to the bold, the cruel and the quietly determined. The diverse opportunists who heeded that cal...

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Reducere. At the height of America's Arts and Crafts movement, Detroit neighbors Horace J. Caulkins and Mary Chase Perry pooled their talents together to fou...

As the roaring twenties came to an end and a new decade dawned, the United States found itself locked in the grips of the Great Depression. The Cit...

Contributor(s): Foreword by: Thomas J. SugrueEditor: Joel StoneContribution by: Bill McGrawIn the summer of 1967, Detroit experienced one of the wo...

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Reducere. The Motor City. The City on the Strait. The Arsenal of Democracy. Detroit is the city that put the world on wheels. Once the fourth largest in the ...

Since the 1920s, Art Deco, or "The Modern Style, " has delighted people with its innovative use of materials and designs that capture the spirit of...

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Reducere. DescriptionConnecticut's history is full of engaging and fascinating stories, rocks that are national monuments, the "people's sculptor, " football...

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Reducere. DescriptionBoston is one of America's most historic cities, but it has quite a bit of unseen past. Riotous mobs celebrated their hatred of the pope...

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Reducere. Author Tobin T. Buhk recounts the thrilling tales of Detroit's most violent, clever and misunderstood female criminals."Queen of the Underworld" So...

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Reducere. In the 1840s, land west of the Missouri River was a new frontier for courage, adventure, freedom and true grit. During this era and the decades tha...

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Reducere. Poised on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River, Dubuque provided a vital entry point for westward expansion. Explorers, Native Americans, fur ...