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Author : John Sobczak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780970130518
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Motor City Memoirs written by John Sobczak and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : April N. Combs-Simpson
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781451280029
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Motor City Memoirs written by April N. Combs-Simpson and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amy Haimerl
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 076245735X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Detroit Hustle written by Amy Haimerl and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist Amy Haimerl and her husband had been priced out of their Brooklyn neighborhood. Seeing this as a great opportunity to start over again, they decide to cash in their savings and buy an abandoned house for 35,000 in Detroit, the largest city in the United States to declare bankruptcy. As she and her husband restore the 1914 Georgian Revival, a stately brick house with no plumbing, no heat, and no electricity, Amy finds a community of Detroiters who, like herself, aren't afraid of a little hard work or things that are a little rough around the edges. Filled with amusing and touching anecdotes about navigating a real-estate market that is rife with scams, finding a contractor who is a lover of C.S. Lewis and willing to quote him liberally, and neighbors who either get teary-eyed at the sight of newcomers or urge Amy and her husband to get out while they can, Amy writes evocatively about the charms and challenges of finding her footing in a city whose future is in question. Detroit Hustle is a memoir that is both a meditation on what it takes to make a house a home, and a love letter to a much-derided city.
Author : David Lee Poremba
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Detroit, a Motor City History written by David Lee Poremba and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan Naldrett
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781099418075
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Detroit Becomes the Motor City written by Alan Naldrett and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detroit had a lot of competition to become THE Motor City. Ten years prior, Cleveland would undoubtedly have won the crown, with its many car and car parts makers in the city.Even before then, the East Coast of the U.S. were the first states with car companies--including steam and electric cars. Detroit had the first auto show and many other factors-Ransom Olds, Henry Ford, and the Milwaukee Junction-that helped it become the Motor City.
Author : John Carlisle (Blogger)
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781609494902
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (949 download)
Download or read book 313 written by John Carlisle (Blogger) and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since 2007, John Carlisle has fascinated readers with his untold stories of Detroit in his "Detroitblogger John" column for the Metro Times...This collection features dozens of his previously unpublished photographs and forty-two of his most unforgettable stories, including a man who has a strip club in his living room, a bar in a ghost town, a coffee shop for the city's homeless, an art gallery in a mattress store and an old-fashioned debutante ball in the unlikeliest of places." -- back cover.
Author : John McDonald
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262632850
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (328 download)
Download or read book A Ghost's Memoir written by John McDonald and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the ghostwriting of Alfred P. Sloan's best-selling memoir, General Motor's attempts to block the book's publication, and the author's eventual triumph over the corporation. Published in 1964, My Years with General Motors was an immediate best-seller and today is considered one of the few classic books on management. The book is the ghostwritten memoir of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1875-1966), whose business and management strategies enabled General Motors to overtake Ford as the dominant American automobile manufacturer in the 1920s and 1930s. What has been largely unknown until now is that My Years with General Motors was almost not published. Although it was written with the permission of General Motors -- and slated for publication in October 1959 -- at the last minute General Motors tried to suppress the book out of fears that some of the material in it could become evidence in an antitrust action against the company. This book, by John McDonald, Sloan's ghostwriter, tells the behind-the-scenes story of the book's writing, its attempted suppression, and the lawsuit that eventually led to its publication. McDonald's narrative is partly the David-and-Goliath story of a lone journalist taking on the world's then-largest corporation and partly a study of strategy in its own right. McDonald's struggle to publish the book led him to navigate a complicated course among the competing interests of General Motors, Fortune magazine (his employer), and Time, Inc. (Fortune's owner). In many ways this "book about the book" parallels the Sloan book as a tale of successful, brilliantly planned strategy.
Author : Wayne Kramer
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306921537
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (69 download)
Download or read book The Hard Stuff written by Wayne Kramer and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first memoir by Wayne Kramer, legendary guitarist and cofounder of quintessential Detroit proto-punk legends The MC5 "Voyeuristically dramatic." -THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW In January 1969, before the world heard a note of their music, the MC5 was on the cover of Rolling Stone. Led by legendary guitarist Wayne Kramer, the band was a reflection of the times: exciting, sexy, violent, chaotic, and even out of control. The missing link between free jazz and punk rock, the MC5 toured the country, played alongside music legends, and had a rabid following, their music acting as the soundtrack to the blossoming blue collar youth movement. Kramer wanted to redefine what a rock 'n' roll group was capable of, and though there was power in reaching for that, it was also a recipe for personal and professional disaster. The band recorded three major label albums but, by 1972-it was all over. Kramer's story is (literally) a revolutionary one, but it's also the deeply personal struggle of an addict and an artist, a rebel with a great tale to tell. From the glory days of Detroit to the junk-sick streets of the East Village, from Key West to Nashville and sunny L.A., in and out of prison and on and off of drugs, Kramer's is the classic journeyman narrative, but with a twist: he's here to remind us that revolution is always an option.
Author : Christian Cipollini
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985244064
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Diary of a Motor City Hit Man written by Christian Cipollini and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Meeting the Devil Head On 5 -- Chapter 1: Fact and Folklore 7 -- Chapter 15: Drama of a Hit Man 145 -- Chapter 16: Summer of 75 153
Author : Rex Roy
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 9780760329894
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Motor City Dream Garages written by Rex Roy and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There isn't another place in the world that can match Detroit's automotive history. For nearly a century, what was conceived, designed, produced, and marketed from this town ruled the roads. So it only stands to reason that the Motor City is likely to host some of the country's greatest collector garages. From the personal home of the man who put America on wheels to the posh residences of current automotive icons such as Bob Lutz, Motor City Dream Garages takes readers on a guided tour of 20-plus of Motown's most interesting garages. Going beyond even these fantastic garagemahals, this book also takes readers inside select company garages for exclusive looks at the unique and important collections amassed by companies such as General Motors and Roush Industries (parent company to Roush Racing, owned by Jack Roush). If you like both garages and the beautiful machines within, this book is for you!
Author : Mary Anne McMahon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781480053182
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (531 download)
Download or read book The Motor City and Me written by Mary Anne McMahon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Highlights the rich history of Detroit and how the Motor City has left an impact on one woman's life. Primarily following McMahon's life and experiences in Detroit, 'The Motor City and Me' tells her story from growing up as a young girl in the city and graduating from the University of Detroit to the beginning of her adult life and eventually moving away. McMahon parallels the rise and fall of Detroit with the ups and downs of her own life and shows readers how the Detroit values strengthened and reassured her throughout difficult times. Tracing her family's lineage through four generations, McMahon aims to give readers a thorought look at the city."--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Pat Michaux
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 145675758X
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (567 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of an Inner City Elementary School Principal written by Pat Michaux and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen challenging years as an inner city principal makes Pat Michaux a bona fide expert in the field. "Memoirs of an Inner City Elementary School Principal" brings out the compassion, warmth, and candor prevelent inJohnson School's environment. You will laugh, cry, stare, and wonderas Pat Michaux's stories unfurl in real life situations.A must read for anyone with children and also those who purport to teach those children.
Author : Katharine Graham
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307758931
Total Pages : 951 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Personal History written by Katharine Graham and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULTIZER PRIZE WINNER • The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate In this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham tells her story—one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling. Here is the awkward child who grew up amid material wealth and emotional isolation; the young bride who watched her brilliant, charismatic husband—a confidant to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson—plunge into the mental illness that would culminate in his suicide. And here is the widow who shook off her grief and insecurity to take on a president and a pressman’s union as she entered the profane boys’ club of the newspaper business. As timely now as ever, Personal History is an exemplary record of our history and of the woman who played such a shaping role within them, discovering her own strength and sense of self as she confronted—and mastered—the personal and professional crises of her fascinating life.
Author : Barbara Joosse
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 1534123547
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Lulu & Rocky in Milwaukee written by Barbara Joosse and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lulu and her cousin Rocky are visiting the city of Milwaukee. There are so many fun things to see and do, like canoeing, visiting a lighthouse, riding surrey-bikes, going to a fish fry, and even gearing up and burning rubber at the Harley-Davidson Museum! Written by Barbara Joosse and illustrated by Renée Graef, this first book in the Our City Adventures series explores the city of Milwaukee, visiting well-known sites and attractions as well as unexpected gems.
Author : Drew Philp
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 147679801X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book A $500 House in Detroit written by Drew Philp and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young college grad buys a house in Detroit for $500 and attempts to restore it—and his new neighborhood—to its original glory in this “deeply felt, sharply observed personal quest to create meaning and community out of the fallen…A standout” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Drew Philp, an idealistic college student from a working-class Michigan family, decides to live where he can make a difference. He sets his sights on Detroit, the failed metropolis of abandoned buildings, widespread poverty, and rampant crime. Arriving with no job, no friends, and no money, Philp buys a ramshackle house for five hundred dollars in the east side neighborhood known as Poletown. The roomy Queen Anne he now owns is little more than a clapboard shell on a crumbling brick foundation, missing windows, heat, water, electricity, and a functional roof. A $500 House in Detroit is Philp’s raw and earnest account of rebuilding everything but the frame of his house, nail by nail and room by room. “Philp is a great storyteller…[and his] engrossing” (Booklist) tale is also of a young man finding his footing in the city, the country, and his own generation. We witness his concept of Detroit shift, expand, and evolve as his plan to save the city gives way to a life forged from political meaning, personal connection, and collective purpose. As he assimilates into the community of Detroiters around him, Philp guides readers through the city’s vibrant history and engages in urgent conversations about gentrification, racial tensions, and class warfare. Part social history, part brash generational statement, part comeback story, A $500 House in Detroit “shines [in its depiction of] the ‘radical neighborliness’ of ordinary people in desperate circumstances” (Publishers Weekly). This is an unforgettable, intimate account of the tentative revival of an American city and a glimpse at a new way forward for generations to come.
Author : Martin Derrick
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 : 9781856485289
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (852 download)
Download or read book Detroit Cars written by Martin Derrick and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 1999 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Clemens
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0767926935
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Punching Out written by Paul Clemens and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An elegy—angry, funny, and powerfully detailed—about the slow death of a Detroit auto plant and an American way of life. How does a country dismantle a century’s worth of its industrial heritage? To answer that question, Paul Clemens investigates the 2006 closing of one of America’s most potent symbols: a Detroit auto plant. Prior to its closing, the Budd Company stamping plant on Detroit’s East Side, built in 1919, was one of the oldest active auto plants in America’s foremost industrial city—one whose history includes the nation’s proudest moments and those of its working class. Its closing also reflects the character of the country in a new era—the sad, brutal process of picking it apart and sending it, piece by piece, to the countries that now have use for its machines. Punching Out is an up-close report, at once tender and angry, from the meanest, sharpest edge of America’s deindustrialization, and a lament for a working-class culture that once defined a prosperous America—and that is now on the verge of economic extinction.
