Maggiori informazioni sul libro
Abandoned houses, all-night dance parties, bicycle culture, corrupt politicians, decrepit streets illegal, taverns and high-profile feuds over public artÃ1all before the end of the l800s Discover the Motor City before the motor: a muddy port town lull of grogshops, horse races, haphazard cemeteries and enterprising bootstrappers from ail over the world. Meet the argumentative French fugitive who founded the city, the tobacco: magnate who haunts his shuttered factory, the gambler prankster millionaire who built a monument to himself, the governor who brought his scholarly library with him on canoe expeditions and the historians who helped create the story of Detroit as we know it: one-of the oldest, rowdiest and most enigmatic cities in the Midwest. Book jacket.
Acquisto del libro
Hidden History of Detroit, Amy Elliott Bragg
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2011
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (In brossura)
Metodi di pagamento
Ancora nessuna valutazione.