Elmwood Endures - History of a Detroit Cemetery

Elmwood Cemetery is one of the oldest places of burial in Detroit. Less than two miles from downtown, the cemetery's archaic stone monuments are a treasure of artistic carvings, characteristic of the rural cemetery movement. Elmwood's tranquil setting inspires contemplation of nature, life, and death.

Elmwood Endures provides a visual journey of the cemetery's history and landscape. The guidebook features nearly one hundred photographs, along with brief biographies of notable occupants who make up a virtual who's who in Detroit history. Many of those buried-governers, explorers, doctors, mayors, inventors, senators, civil rights leaders, distillers and brewmasters, and civil war generals-helped found and shape the city.

A celebration of an important Detroit landmark, Elmwood Endures reveals Detroit's rich and interesting history.

About the author

Michael S. Franck is a staff writer for PS Magazine. A lifelong resident of the Detroit area, he received his M.B.A. and M.S. from the Florida Institute of Technology and is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

Product details

• Authors: Michael S Franck, Michael S. Franck
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1996
• EAN: 9780814325919
• ISBN: 978-0-8143-2591-9
• No. of pages: 214
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 413 g
• Series: Great Lakes Books
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Travel > Travel guides > North and Central America