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

Philp, Drew, author.

DAISY Sound Recording 2017

Autobiographical account of a young man who moved to Detroit where, hoping to help the city recover, he bought a crumbling house for very little money. Recounts how he repaired and rebuilt the house. Discusses the city's history and the many issues it faces, such as gentrification, racial tensions, and class warfare. 2017.

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Edition:

DAISY edition

Description:

1 DAISY disc (8 hours, 36 minutes) : sound ; 4 3/4 in
digital DAISY
audio file Daisy
4 3/4 in

Target Audience Note:

Male narrator. NLS/BPH

Other Title:

Five hundred dollar house in Detroit
Rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city

Notes:

Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Narrated by: Steven Carpenter
Digital talking book. 1 level and 19 navigation points. Digitally mastered
Recorded from: New York ; London : Scribner, [2017] 9781476797984
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
2017 Drew Philp

Contents:

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

LCCN:

2017991132

Control Number:

3175045

Other Authors:

Carpenter, Steven, narrator
Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)

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