Frontier Metropolis: Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838

by Brian Leigh Dunnigan

Fascinating glimpses of Detroit in the years before photography.

Despite its inland location, Detroit's origins as a French outpost make it older than many other cities of the eastern United States. Frontier Metropolis illustrates and describes all known images of Detroit in the pre-photographic era to provide a nearly complete visual chronology made by people who knew the city.

Brian Leigh Dunnigan has arranged these maps,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814327672
• ISBN13: 9780814327678
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 10.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 13.3" x 18.5"