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A $500 house in Detroit : rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city

Five hundred dollar house in Detroit (other title)
Rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city (portion title)

Philp, Drew (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 1476797986
ISBN: 9781476797984
Physical Description: xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Edition: Firest Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1 Raw Material 9 -- Chapter 2 Clapboard Siding 37 -- Chapter 3 Someone Else's Trash 67 -- Chapter 4 Windows and Doors and Airplanes 95 -- Chapter 5 A Fence Between Me and the World 123 -- Chapter 6 Load-Bearing Walls 147 -- Chapter 7 Furnace 175 -- Chapter 8 A Chimney to the Sky 197 -- Chapter 9 A Knock on the Door 225 -- Chapter 10 Progress Gallops 233 -- Chapter 11 Years Roll By 257 -- Chapter 12 Someone Else's Home 275.