An edition of A $500 house in Detroit
(2017)
A $500 house in Detroit
rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city
by Drew Philp
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"A young writer's sincere search (with his dog) for an authentic life--buying a ruined house in Detroit for $500, fixing it up nail by nail, and, in the process, participating in the grassroots rebirth of the city itself."--Provided by publisher.
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Urban renewal, Subculture, Generation Y, Remodeling, Working class whites, Community development, Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Citizen participation, Race relations, Social conditions, African Americans, Biography, Detroit (mich.), history, Detroit (mich.), social conditions, Dwellings, remodeling, Working class, united states, Michigan, biography, United states, race relations, Community development, united states, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Philp, Drew -- Homes and haunts -- Michigan -- Detroit, Dwellings -- Remodeling -- Michigan -- Detroit, Urban renewal -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Citizen participation, Subculture -- Michigan -- Detroit, Community development -- Michigan -- Detroit, Working class whites -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Biography, African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social conditions -- 21st century, Generation Y -- Biography, Detroit (Mich.) -- Biography, Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relationsPeople
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A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City
Apr 10, 2018, Scribner
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1476797994 9781476797991
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$500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City
2017, Scribner
in English
147679801X 9781476798011
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A $500 house in Detroit: rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city
2017, Scribner
in English
1476797986 9781476797984
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Table of Contents
Prologue: best bid
Raw material
Clapboard siding
Someone else's trash
Windows and doors and airplanes
A fence between me and the world
Load bearing walls
The furnace
A knock on the door
A chimney to the sky
Progress gallops
The years roll by
Someone else's home.
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