Reviews for Paris, Tightwad, and Peculiar: Missouri Place Names

The average rating for Paris, Tightwad, and Peculiar: Missouri Place Names based on 3 reviews is 3.3333333333333 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-06-24 00:00:00 Anders Jorgensen I've always wondered why some cities in Missouri had such different names. This book gave an explanation behind many of the weird city names in Missouri. The explanations are not what you would expect. Read this book to learn more I've always wondered why some cities in Missouri had such different names. This book gave an explanation behind many of the weird city names in Missouri. The explanations are not what you would expect. Read this book to learn more

Review # 2 was written on 2015-12-12 00:00:00 Richard Binion Anyone who wants a vivid description of the political state of affairs in Detroit immediately before the election of our late & very much lamented Mayor Coleman A. Young in 1973 needs only to read this book. It was saddening, and shocking even after living in the city of Detroit for the best part of 26 years, to once again be reminded that we are facing essentially the same issues and difficulties in 2018 as did residents of this city in 1972. Many of those difficulties, unfortunately, are now i Anyone who wants a vivid description of the political state of affairs in Detroit immediately before the election of our late & very much lamented Mayor Coleman A. Young in 1973 needs only to read this book. It was saddening, and shocking even after living in the city of Detroit for the best part of 26 years, to once again be reminded that we are facing essentially the same issues and difficulties in 2018 as did residents of this city in 1972. Many of those difficulties, unfortunately, are now in fact far worse. This is even more depressing given the ridiculous and pathetic performance of Mayor Young's son, State Senator Coleman Young II, last year during his failed attempt to defeat the incumbent suburbanite neo-colonial administration of "Livonia Mike" Duggan which has been in control of the city since November 2013...

Review # 3 was written on 2018-02-16 00:00:00 Joshua Moreira A good introduction to labor and racial struggles in Detroit going back over 100 years. The book was especially strong in its descriptions of the strikes that led to the building of the CIO in Detroit in the 1930s, and the oppression that led up to the riot of 1967.