text A $500 house in Detroit : rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city
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"A young writer's sincere search (with his dog) for an authentic life--buying a ruined house in Detroit for $500, fixing it up nail by nail, and, in the process, participating in the grassroots rebirth of the city itself."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Prologue: best bid -- Raw material -- Clapboard siding -- Someone else's trash -- Windows and doors and airplanes -- A fence between me and the world -- Load bearing walls -- The furnace -- A knock on the door -- A chimney to the sky -- Progress g... Read more
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- Description
- xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- Scribner 2017
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 921 PHILP, DREW PHI in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 921 PHILP, DREW PHI in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 921 PHILP, DREW PHI in Adult Non-fiction | Checked out (Due: 2024-05-17) |
| TADL-WOOD | 921 PHILP, DREW PHI in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| TADL-WOOD | 921 PHILP, DREW PHI in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
Philp, Drew Homes and haunts Michigan Detroit
Detroit (Mich.) Biography
Dwellings Remodeling Michigan Detroit
Urban renewal Michigan Detroit Citizen participation
Subculture Michigan Detroit
Community development Michigan Detroit
Working class whites Michigan Detroit Biography
African Americans Michigan Detroit Social conditions 21st century
Detroit (Mich.) Race relations
Generation Y Biography
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| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 921 PHILP, DREW PHI in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 921 PHILP, DREW PHI in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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