I'll share this on 313 too... My discussion here yesterday with Rob following the death of Elmore Leonard piqued my interest and after delving a little deeper (not a great deal!), I discovered that not only did he write several books which were set and steeped in Detroit, he was clearly interested in the history and the 'soul' of the city too.
I found a bit of writing by him [at the link below] very interesting.<http://www.elmoreleonard.com/index.php?/weblog/detroit_the_renaissance_city> <http://www.elmoreleonard.com/index.php?/weblog/detroit_the_renaissance_city> It contains an introduction by Leonard to a photographic book by Balthazar Korab. K