$500 House in Detroit Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City

Name: $500 House in Detroit Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City
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ISBN: 9781476797991

ISBN-10: 1476797994

ISBN-13: 9781476797991

Edition: 2017

Authors: Drew Philp

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A young college grad buys a house in Detroit for $500 and attempts to restore it--and his new neighborhood--to its original glory in this "deeply felt, sharply observed personal quest to create meaning and community out of the fallen...A standout" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Drew Philp, an idealistic college student from a working-class Michigan family, decides to live where he can make a difference. He sets his sights on Detroit, the failed metropolis of abandoned buildings, widespread poverty, and rampant crime. Arriving with no job, no friends, and no money, Philp buys a ramshackle house for five hundred dollars in the east side neighborhood known as Poletown. The roomy Queen Anne…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2017
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 4/10/2018
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.37" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Drew Philp's work has been published both nationally and internationally and has appeared in publications, including BuzzFeed, The Detroit Free Press, Metrotimes, Corp! Magazine, the Bakersfield Californian, and the Michigan Daily. He lives in Detroit with his dog, Gratiot.