Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 664 pages
- Published by: Detroit Free Press April 21, 2006
- ISBN 10 Number: 0937247480
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0937247488
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 7.2 x 1.5 inches
- Weighs: 2.2 pounds
Reader Reviews
I own hundreds of reference books. Most of them sit on a shelf where I use them sporadically in some hobbies. A few of them I pick up and read from time to time. Very, very few have I read from cover to cover. Only one have I ever then given to my parents as a gift. This one. If you have any connection to Detroit at all (say, you own a car, or listen to Motown), you should read this book. It covers every aspect of the city and its suburbs: history, culture, music, sports. Want to learn about the auto industry? It's here. Stroh's Beer? It's here. Mark "the Bird" Fidrych? It's here. The remarkable career of Coleman Young? Right here. The '67 Riots? You got it. About the only thing they don't cover is why William Clay Ford still employs Matt Millen, but perhaps that will be in the next edition. It's done in a lively style that belies the title "Almanac" (unless you think of Ben Franklin). There are pictures, tables, charts, maps, descriptions of every suburb, you name it. If your heart skipped a beat when the downtown Hudson's department store was destroyed, this is the book for you. And of course, they cover that, too.
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