Thursday, December 30, 2021

The Tragedy of Edsel Ford - Death by a Thousand Cuts

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Edsel Ford Unlike Edsel Ford's children, Edsel was not born in the lap of luxury. His father and mother, Henry and Clara, lived on the c...
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Thursday, December 16, 2021

Haddon Sundblom, Santa Claus, and Playboy Magazine

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Haddon Sundblom's first Santa image for Coca-Cola in 1931.   Haddon Sundblom is one of the most successful and influential American comm...
Friday, November 19, 2021

White Castle Rules!

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One of my guilty pleasures when flying into Detroit is stopping at the White Castle on Telegraph Road and Northline. My favorite item is...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

The Elusive Purple Gang Audio Now Available

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Rich Miller At last, the audio of my latest true crime book The Elusive Purple Gang: Detroit's Kosher Nostra is available from Amaz...
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...