A vacating department at work was clearing out officespace, getting rid of stuff-- mainly giveaway coffee mugs and other knick-knacks.. but this book stood out to me-- Published by the FreePress/Malloy, Inc., publishing date is 2000, and the editors are Peter Gavrilovich and Bill McGraw. I've just started poring through this.. It's yellow-pages thick, and it seems to be a history of Detroit, from the colonial days until 1999/2000, with lots of photos. Seems like there would be lots of good information here. Obviously nothing about the post-2000 era. Considering the city's recent "birthday" and the obvious travails of late, it was perhaps kismet I found it. Okay, just a coincidence. But still cool.