Spike Bell's "Memoirs of a Border City"

In light of our first assignment to find pictures which symbolize our proximity to the international border, I thought it was particularly interesting that I came across the release of a new book titled “Memories of the Border City” by Spike Bell. The Windsor Star featured an article on January 9 discussing this book and the author’s development of the book throughout his career. The book includes photographs of events, people, and monuments in both Windsor and Detroit since the 1950s. In doing so it provides a useful tool for tracking the history which shaped both Windsor and Detroit and the relationship between them. It may be one of the first books which recognizes the international relationship and the way the border has effected both neighbouring cities.