The Motor City. The City on the Strait. The Arsenal of Democracy. Detroit is the city that put the world on wheels. Once the fourth largest in the country, its streets were filled with bustling crowds and lined with breathtaking landmarks. Over the years, many of Detroit's most beautiful buildings--packed with marble, ornate metalwork, painted ceilings and glitz and glamour--have been reduced to dust. From the hallowed halls of Old City Hall to the floating majesty of steamships to the birthplace of the automotive industry, Dan Austin, author of Lost Detroit and creator of...
The Motor City. The City on the Strait. The Arsenal of Democracy. Detroit is the city that put the world on wheels. Once the fourth largest in the cou...
Late in 1937 Hugh Alexander, a kid fresh out of small-town Oklahoma, had just finished his second year playing outfield for the Cleveland Indians when an oil rig accident ripped off his left hand. Within three months he was back with the Indians, but this time as a scout the youngest ever in Major League history. In the next six decades he signed more players who made it to the Majors than any other scout.
His story, Baseball s Last Great Scout, reads like a backroom, bleacher-seat history of twentieth-century baseball and a primer on what it takes to find a winner. It gives...
Late in 1937 Hugh Alexander, a kid fresh out of small-town Oklahoma, had just finished his second year playing outfield for the Cleveland Indians w...
What's on the Menu? An interesting progression of menus of the meals served at the majestic Hotel St. Catherine on Santa Catalina Island off the coast of Los Angeles, California. It also contains advertising brochures, post cards, match covers and other memorabilia for a quarter century starting about 1920 through 1945. Avalon is where the creme de la creme of Hollywood went to relax and party during the golden movie age and the St Catherine was the grandest hotel of the island at the time. You will be delighted to see how the food on the menus makes great reading and reveals how tastes have...
What's on the Menu? An interesting progression of menus of the meals served at the majestic Hotel St. Catherine on Santa Catalina Island off the coast...
