I really wanted to like this book. Alas, it's a good idea poorly executed. Beginning with its misleading title (quite a bit of the artwork is found outside the confines of Detroit City Limits), Art in Detroit Public Places is a narrow paperback stuffed with photographs and descriptions of public works of art in the Metro area.

Each mosaic, statue, or sculpture is given a lone, poorly reproduced black and white picture apparently taken from the same angle by David Clements. How can a picture snapped from across the street capture the impact of something like The Heidelberg Project? A solitary monochromatic image eschews the splendor of the enormous collection of junk with its telephone poles decorated with doll heads and artist Tyree Guyton's ever-present motif of playful polka dots. I've seen inept tourists take better pictures.

Alongside these pictures, Dennis Alan Nawrocki pens sketchy descriptions of the works, their creators, and their current status. It's rather ironic that this is the second edition of the work as the writing is aggravatingly set in the present. One would hope that the language would be given a more indefinite time frame. Instead of saying "recently" or "currently," it'd be smarter to have dates cited.

Even the maps that precede each of the five sections of the book are problematic. These graphics are slightly better than if a dot-matrix printer had produced them. In addition, very little effort would need to be expended to list the location of the artwork in succeeding pages on these maps. While this might seem a trifling issue, it exemplifies how Art in Detroit Public Places is an overly ambitious, under-produced mess. (ISBN: 0814327028)

This restaurant guide is worthless. The data used is old and useless. You are better off using free restaurant guides online. I will never buy a "Foley Guide."

This is a very disappointing book. It tries to cover a very broad and very disconnected area of the United States. There are nine states crammed into its pages and each state hardly gets any coverage. A lot of great attractions, restaurants and lodgings are missed as this book tries to cover from Oregon to Iowa! In order to be a helpful travel guide, it should be split into a least two volumes. As it is right now, it is not worth the money.

We bought this book because we were so impressed with Ms. Moffat's book "Kids Explore Boston" If you're planning a trip to Boston get that book but don't bother purchasing this one. The Chicago book is lacking in many aspects. There are practically no directions to any of the sites described. She also makes several negative comments about the midwest such as "I never expected a city in the middle of America to offer such diversity..." You would be better off reviewing a book by a Chicago native who loves the city and is not at all surprised by the wealth of childrens activities available to busy families. May I instead suggest "52 Adventures in Chicago" by Lynn Gordon. It offers more creative and less expensive city activities. Not all of the activities are child specific but they are all prefectly wonderful Chicago adventures.

I first read this piece of rubbish at a local library several years ago. It was purported to be the "real diary" of the notorious pirate Jean Laffite. But, several experts in handwriting and historical documents pronounced it a fake. (I too had examined the "real diary" first hand.) Back many years ago, John Laflin was passing himself off as a direct descendant of the "Terror of the Gulf" but it turns out he was a notorious forger. He forged this item and a handful of photographs as well. He managed to make a nice sum selling this trash. What's even more amusing is how Price Daniel Sr. the former governor and a collector of Texana was duped into buying this hoax. Now my dear reader, I just hope YOU won't be duped into buying this nonsense.

this is a fold out pamphlet. in my opinion, worth about $

it is stupid , crazy , wild ,ect..

I began this book with interest but that changed quickly as I realized I could not trust the information it contained. We live on the site of the Print Olive ranch mentioned in the book. Candy Moulton states it is beside the Dismal river, which it is not. The Dismal is over 65 miles away. The old Print Olive ranch is on the South Loup River. I look out my window at it daily. If Ms. Moulton could not even check the river's name on a map, how can we trust the information she includes which is unverifiable. Very disappointing!

I can't believe I got suckered into buying this book! Everybody in it paid the authors to be in the book. When I went to get my money back they had already left town!

I can't understand why this is called a "guide". It is a list of restaurants by neighorhood, with their address and phone nuber - that's it - no reviews, no stars or other rating system whatsoever. This book is useless, it's literally a restaurant phone book. I'm returning my copy and am completely disappointed.