John Kossik's Blog

Interview with author John Kossik on the Craig Fahle Show, discussing his book, 63 Alfred Street: Where Capitalism Failed: The Life and Times of a Venetian Gothic Mansion in Downtown Detroit.

WDET 101.9FM (NPR Detroit), 10:35 AM, Monday, January 24th.

63 Alfred Street was reviewed on the Craig Fahle Show as part of a review of new books about Detroit for the Christmas Season, 11-24-10, wdet, 101.9fm, Detroit.
http://www.63alfred.com/reviews.htm

See the review of 63 Alfred Street in the Metro Times article entitled, Locally literate: Another banner year for books about Detroit at http://metrotimes.com/arts/locally-li...

A page is now present on Wikipedia for Henry T. Brush, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_T....

The Ransom Gillis House is now on Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransom_G...

Aerial photographs of Alfred Street between Woodward Ave. and Brush Street from 1949 to 1997 have been added to the sight. This photos coupled with Sanborn Maps of this area from 1897 through the early 1940's and USGS satellite photos in 2002 and 2010 allows you to see the transition of the Ransom Gillis House and its neighbors throughout the last 100 years.

See http://www.63alfred.com/alfredstreet.htm for these illustrations.

Due some suggestions from readers a re-edited version of 63 Alfred Street: Where Capitalism Failed: The Life and Times of a Venetian Gothic Mansion in Downtown Detroit is now available from all outlets. For those past readers you will be happy to know that the irritating typos you have noted have been corrected.

Take my quiz about little known history of Detroit and its people at: http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/resu...

Once your book is on Google Books they have a neat application that finds all the places mentioned in the book and puts it on a world map. For my book this can be found at:
http://www.google.com/maps/mm?q=http:...

A preview of 63 Alfred Street: Where Capitalism Failed is not available on Google Books at: http://books.google.com/books?id=SQ4i...