Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Detroit Time Capsule Anthology

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After a decade writing 500 Fornology posts, I'm proud to announce the publication of my fifth book Detroit Time Capsule , which is a c...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

"We Never Called Him Henry"-- Harry Bennett Polishes His Own Apple--Part Two

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Harry Bennett with Henry Ford in Willow Run. Much of Harry Bennett's "tell-all" memoir of his time with Henry Ford reads like ...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Harry Bennett "Tell-All" Book About His Boss Henry Ford

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Reprinted 1987 paperback edition. Harry Bennett officially joined the Ford Motor Company (FoMoCo) in 1917 at the Highland Park plant where t...
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Saturday, July 31, 2021

The Spirit of Detroit, The Fist, and Detroit Time Capsule

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History is fascinating in what it shows and tells and what it does not. My newest nonfiction book is a collection of seventy-five of my bes...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

The Fleisher Brothers--Louis: Unlucky or Stupid? (Part 1 of 2)

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Alcatraz--the Rock. Two bonus posts to supplement The Elusive Purple Gang: Detroit's Kosher Nostra . The Fleisher brothers, Harry,...
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Friday, June 18, 2021

Rubin "The Voice" Weiss and His Wife Elizabeth "Woman of a Thousand Voices"

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Elizabeth and Rubin Weiss rehearsing. Rubin Weiss was born sometime in 1921 in Detroit, but no public record was recorded in Wayne County. H...
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Sunday, April 25, 2021

The Beginnings of the Old Sauk Trail and the Building of Michigan Avenue (U.S.-12)

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In 1820, Michigan Territory geologist, geographer, and ethnographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft returned to Detroit from an expedition mapping Mi...
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