A $500 house in Detroit

rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city

by
No cover

Drew Philp: A $500 house in Detroit (2017)

290 pages

English language

Published April 11, 2017

ISBN:
978-1-4767-9798-4
Copied ISBN!
OCLC Number:
952647897

View on OpenLibrary

4 stars (3 reviews)

"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.

3 editions

Subjects

  • Urban renewal
  • Subculture
  • Generation Y
  • Remodeling
  • Working class whites
  • Community development
  • Homes and haunts
  • Dwellings
  • Citizen participation
  • Race relations
  • Social conditions
  • African Americans
  • Biography

Places

  • Michigan
  • Detroit (Mich.)
  • Detroit