Capitol Park
Historic Heart of Detroit
Published on 25. March 2014
134 pages
978-1-62584-867-3 (ISBN)
Description
Capitol Park is the only city park in America where a state's first governor is buried. It's the birthplace of democracy in Michigan. Underground Railroad site. Streetcar and transit hub. Urban canyon. A block north of Detroit's iconic Coney Island restaurants. A symbol of the city's late twentieth-century decay, now a key part of its revitalization in a new millennium. Jack Dempsey, award-winning author of "Michigan and the Civil War" and president of the Michigan Historical Commission, uncovers tales of a uniquely inspirational public space that epitomizes the ups and downs of Detroit's three centuries.
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03/2014
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
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Jack Dempsey is author of the 2012 Michigan Notable Book "Michigan and the Civil War: A Great and Bloody Sacrifice" and co-author of the 2013 Michigan Notable Book "Ink Trails: Michigan's Famous and Forgotten Authors." He is a two-term president of the Michigan Historical Commission, former chair of its Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee and member of the Abraham Lincoln Civil War Round Table.
Content
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. Mystery at Capitol Park
- 2. The Michigan Triangle
- 3. The Forgotten Capitol
- 4. Boy Governor
- 5. New Purposes
- 6. Heyday
- 7. High-Water Mark
- 8. Decline and Fall
- 9. The Best and Worst of Times
- 10. Back to the Future
- Afterword
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix A: Donors to Commission Effort
- Appendix B: Reinterment Ceremony, October 27, 2010
- Appendix C: Bicentennial Birthday Bash, October 27, 2011
- Appendix D: A Note on Historic Reinterments
- Notes
- About the Author
