Detroitland by Richard Bak

I highly recommend Richard Bak's new book Detroitland? It's a great read for anyone interested in Detroit history.
http://wsupress.wayne.edu/books/1261/Detroitland

He wrote a good bio on Ty Cobb, I have got to get that. He used to post here, wonder where he went?

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My bet is that he stopped posting due the extraordinary negativity that infected this board for a while. I've heard it from too many people...they stopped coming here because of the jerks.

Even the owner of Astro Coffee admitted that he and his wife wouldn't have even CONSIDERED moving to Detroit without this forum...but he doesn't even come here any longer. I told him about the initial thread on their business, and he said he'd have been devastated to have that pile-on after all their hard work and investment.


Thanks for the recommendation, Ed. I look forward to reading Richard's work. I always enoyed encountering him here.



Cheers,
John

thanks ill be sure to pick it up, btw does anyone know of any history books of old detroit [[ie 1701 onward)

Detroitland is awesome. He sort of takes the stories you maybe once heard traced out for you but fills them in with lots of solid reporting and facts. I expect a lot of them will be given as gifts this Christmas...

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Originally Posted by louis

thanks ill be sure to pick it up, btw does anyone know of any history books of old detroit [[ie 1701 onward)

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Check out some of these DYes threads for book recommendations:
Best books about Detroit: http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/...tml?1140886208
Books about Detroit: http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/...tml?1097424321
The...most controversial books about Detroit: http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/...tml?1034700767

And if you would like to hear Richard Bak talk about his new book, he's appearing on Wednesday, October 19, 6pm at the Detroit Historical Museum.

http://www.detroithistorical.org/mai..._programs.aspx