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The Detroit Almanac

by Peter Gavrilovich · 2000

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This is an updated edition of The Detroit Almanac, originally published in October 2000 as metro Detroiters got ready to mark Detroit's 300th anniversary in July 2001. The new edition includes a 16-page prologue on the beginning of Detroit's fourth century, followed by the original 648 pages devoted to the region's first 300 years.

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