Bibliograph

A $500 house in Detroit, rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city, Drew Philp

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A $500 house in Detroit, rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city, Drew Philp

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A $500 house in Detroit

Oclc number

952647897

Responsibility statement

Drew Philp

Sub title

rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city

Summary

"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

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

resource.variantTitle

Five hundred dollar house in DetroitRebuilding an abandoned home and an American city

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