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

Synopsis

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. Prologue: Best Bid -- Raw Material -- Clapboard Siding -- Someone Else's Trash -- Windows And Doors And Airplanes -- A Fence Between Me And The World -- Load-bearing Walls -- The Furnace -- A Chimney To The Sky -- A Knock On The Door -- Progress Gallops -- The Years Roll By -- Someone Else's Home. Drew Philp.