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The Detroit Almanac

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The ultimate guide to Detroit. This book presents the city and surrounding suburbs as only a native Detroiter could. Lots of facts and figures, accompanied by wonderful photographs.

Do you know the origin of 8-mile road? Do you know why Ft. Wayne was built? Do you know the history of "The Big Tire?" Do you know Detroit's wealthiest neighborhood? Do you know which buildings Albert Kahn designed?

This book is excellent if you are entertaining out of town guests and would like to share some interesting stories about Detroit.

This book is filled to the brim with little factiods and information on just about everything related to Detroit (and SE Michigan). If you live in the area (or used to), you need to get this book. It takes you back in time with explainations, biographies, and photos. Although much of it can be only appreciated by people who have lived in the Detroit area during any of the past 300 hundred or so years that are covered. Very nostalgic.

I was so excited reading the history of Detroit. I was born and raised here and never realized how much I didn't know about the city and the surrounding areas of Detroit.

A reliable reference book should be rigorously edited, and this one wasn't. Its typography is sloppy, with odd paragraph breaks, and it has misspelled words ("ediface" for "edifice" is one). Nicknames replace real ones. One photo shows up twice with two different captions; another, of the '60s band MC5, is backwards. And this is the second edition. However, if you're still going to spend.... for it, be sure your copy has the blush-red triangle in the corner that says "Includes Index!" The first edition apparently forgot it. Nine people claim to have copy-edited this book. They should deny it.

This book is a definite treat for any Detroit buff..As a staunch supporter(and proud life-long citizen)of "tha D"(as my peers and I affectionately call it)I am amazed every single time that I read this book(which I do a few times each day)that has far too many little-known facts about Detroit,to even begin to specify each one,so I'll just mention my top two:The fact that the"rise"you encounter on I-94E where it runs alongside Chandler Park exist because,there is an underground waterway running through the city in that vicinity that the freeway had to"circumvent"and:the details(even correctly naming the schoolyard where the"meeting"took place,which ironically is where my innocent lil' niece currently attends school)pertaining to the origin of Detroits' most notorious gang/drug cartel.In short,this book makes for really interesting"can't-put-the-book-down" reading for any true Detroiter!!

I LIVE NEAR DETROIT AND I WAS HERE FOR THE TERCENTENNIAL . FABULOUS BOOK . READ IT IN 2001 AND JUST FINISHED READING IT AGAIN