$500 House in Detroit

Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City

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Drew Philp: $500 House in Detroit (2017, Scribner)

304 pages

English language

Published April 11, 2017 by Scribner.

ISBN:
978-1-4767-9801-1
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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.

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Subjects

  • Detroit (mich.), history
  • Detroit (mich.), social conditions
  • Dwellings, remodeling
  • Working class, united states
  • Michigan, biography
  • Subculture
  • United states, race relations
  • Community development, united states