I Remember Detroit

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By John Christian Lodge

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Here are the memoirs of a man who has since grown up with Detroit since the first years of the Civil War and who was intimately associated with its business, athletics and government over a long period. Mr. Lodge is now (at the time of writing his memoirs) eighty-seven years old and recalls in his book the tremendous transformation that has occurred in this, the city of his birth, the skyline, the streets, the buildings, the manufactories, the wholesale and retail businesses. He recalls early athletics in Detroit, when the chief sport of the young men was rowing, the organisation of the Detroit Athletics Club—he is one of the founders and the oldest living member—and the beginnings of both amateur and professional baseball—he himself played until late in life., he watched the present city hall being erected in 1871 and has been almost continuously associated with it since, in one way or another, as reporter and city editor of Detroit Free Press, as Alderman and Councilman, as president of the Council and as mayor. I remember Detroit will appeal to all citizens of Detroit and Michigan, for the narrative itself and for the interesting and informative sidelights it throws upon the life of the city and its industrial and political leaders of a by-gone era.
I Remember Detroit