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New books focus on Detroit.

SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to the Jewish News

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f Detroit 300 has piqued your interest for Motor
City history, then three new books just off the
Wayne State University Press ought to bring some
depth to your knowledge and understanding.
This Is Detroit, 1701-2001 ($49.95) by Arthur M.
Woodford traces the city's rise from frontier outpost to
industrial metropolis. The author, director of the St. Clair
Shores Public Library who has written other books about
the city, takes readers back to the days of Cadillac's settle-
ment and moves ahead through British fort to American
town.
Besides describing the effects of national issues on
Derroiters, this book, filled with historic illustrations and
photographs, also emphasizes Detroit's contribution to the
nation's devel-
opment.
Detroit in
Its World
Setting 5),

The Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band
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performs as part of the
multicultural Concert of Colon..

Harriet Berg and Michelle Millman of
the Madame Cadillac Dance Company,
which will perform historic dances
at a variety of venues.

Opposite page, top..
The Parade of Historic
Tall Ships sails. into
Detroit on July 22.

many religious organizations during
the Detroit 300 Spiritual Day,
Wednesday; July 25.
Feldman, part of the program that
begins at 7 p.m. in Chene Park, has
served with the interfaith committee
planning the event that celebrates the
area's religious diversity and reaffirms the
unity among all faiths.
"Our overall purpose is ro show the
role of the faith community in the
development of Detroit," says Feldman,
who will be discussing the history of
religious organizations in the city.
"We're encouraging congregations to
send groups of people to our program."

Representatives of other faith-based
organizations will discuss the role of
spirituality today and into the future,
and there will be musical presentations,
including selections by a community-
wide youth choir.
Spiritual Day, chaired by Cardinal
Adam Maida of the Archdiocese of
Detroit, recognizes the more than 3,300
congregations representing 120 denomi-
nations in the area. The 17-member
committee is composed of Christian,
Jewish, Islamic and non-denominational
religious leaders from Wayne, Oakland
and Macomb counties and Ontario's
Essex County, which includes Windsor.

edited by
David Lee
Poremba, pro-
vides a time
line for the
F.
development
of the city
and places all
of it in the
context of
This photo of a woman celebrating
international
Shabbat-is part of a chapter titled "A Ci
affairs. Each year of Many Tongues," from "This Is Detroit:
covers four cate-
1701-2001."
gories — city and
stare events,
national and world history, scientific and commercial
advances and cultural progress.
Originally published in 1953, the book has been revised
and updated to mark the city's 300th birthday. There also
is expanded coverage to include contemporary subjects
from women's achievements to ethnic communities.
The author, assistant manager of the Burton Historical
Collection at the Detroit Public Library, has written sever-
al books about the city in the "Images in America" series.
Frontier Metropolis: Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838
($125) by Brian Leigh Dunnigan offers pictures and maps
depicting the Great Lakes during its French, British and
early American periods.
Dunnigan, curator of maps at the William L. Clements
Library at the University of Michigan, presents images
from the pre-photographic era and covers 1701 to 1838.
His goal was to create a nearly complete visual chronology
made by people who knew the city. The accompanying
text gives historical perspective.

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