A $500 house in Detroit : rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city / by Drew Philp.

"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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Philp, Drew (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Scribner, [2017]
Subjects:
Philp, Drew > Homes and haunts > Michigan > Detroit.
Detroit (Mich.) > Biography.
Dwellings > Remodeling > Michigan > Detroit.
Urban renewal > Michigan > Detroit > Citizen participation.
Subculture > Michigan > Detroit.
Community development > Michigan > Detroit.
Working class white people > Michigan > Detroit > Biography.
African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions > 21st century.
Detroit (Mich.) > Race relations.
Generation Y > Biography.
Autobiographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Five hundred dollar house in Detroit
Rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city
Format: Book

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