A History Lover's Guide to Detroit

A History Lover's Guide to Detroit

Author: Karin Risko

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1467135674

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Detroit's auto heritage is known worldwide, but this fascinating city's history runs much deeper. Step inside the tiny recording studio where Berry Gordy, a young entrepreneur who faced tremendous prejudice, created a music empire that broke down racial barriers. Tour Art Deco masterpieces so spectacular they're called cathedrals to commerce and finance. Walk in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Cobo Hall, where he first delivered his I Have a Dream speech. Join Karin Risko for an intimate tour of the city that put the world on wheels and discover an amazing history of innovation, philanthropy, social justice and culture.


Guide and Souvenir of Detroit

Guide and Souvenir of Detroit

Author: Silas Farmer

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-11

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780265173640

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Excerpt from Guide and Souvenir of Detroit: With Map and Illustrations This avenue is par excellence the avenue of the city, with one terminus at the river's edge, and the other reach ing in a straight line for an indefinite distance into the country. Of an unusual Width, and with an ever in creasing number of the most elegant stores and residences along its route, it is probably excelled by no avenue on the continent. It stands as a type of progressive Ameri can ideas and is eminently modern and stylish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Manoomin

Manoomin

Author: Barbara J Barton

Publisher: MSU Press

Published: 2018-06-01

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1628953284

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This is the first book of its kind to bring forward the rich tradition of wild rice in Michigan and its importance to the Anishinaabek people who live there. Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan focuses on the history, culture, biology, economics, and spirituality surrounding this sacred plant. The story travels through time from the days before European colonization and winds its way forward in and out of the logging and industrialization eras. It weaves between the worlds of the Anishinaabek and the colonizers, contrasting their different perspectives and divergent relationships with Manoomin. Barton discusses historic wild rice beds that once existed in Michigan, why many disappeared, and the efforts of tribal and nontribal people with a common goal of restoring and protecting Manoomin across the landscape.