A few weeks ago I was visiting Rob Hickey at his tidy shop. He has a furniture refinishing business. I knew I would enjoy lively conversation about the things of the Lord and he promised me a sample of Greek coffee. While I was there his son Steven came in. He told me about the Russell Street Deli. I said, “You and your dad and my son Chuk and I should go there together some time.”
He said, “There is a huge bookstore down there, too.”
Now he really had my attention. About a week later we all went there together. I had Curried Yellow Split-Pea Soup and a sandwich called Slim Charles. After lunch the Hickeys showed us to the bookstore. The store was the largest bookstore in the State of Michigan. It is a four-story warehouse building that used to be a glove factory. Every square foot of it was stacked with books. I immediately found a story collection by Harold Kohn that I didn’t already have. The book had been out of print for a long time. It was mine for only two dollars.
I have a new book a couple new friends and two more reasons to like living in the Detroit area.
Here is a tour of King Books in two parts:
ANOTHER STORE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE A LITTLE FARTHER FROM HOME
Some day I am going on a road trip to Pennsylvania. I am going to toss the Wiggy Bag in the trunk with a tent and spend the night camping of the property of the Baldwins Book Barn.
Our great friend is gone…he now stands among the great cloud of witnesses. Suddenly Hebrews 12 is very personal and my soul grows sick of these dim shadowlands and aches for the ocean of God’s love.
I hope you go to the funeral for me since I can’t. By some grace we run well too. God is the only good.
Thanks, Josiah. Dan finished ahead of us. He will be there when we cross. Together we will worship our Savior there. He finished faithful. We must, too.
Jim said he used to go there a lot when he worked at “Rim and Wheel” down I think on Howard St.
My asthma would never let me take the stairs. What floor is the Bibles on?
So I see you have found the best book store ever?! I don’t know why I hadn’t mentioned it before. One time I went in there and had so many books that the employees had to go find me boxes so I could carry them out! And two boxes full…I only paid about $50! King’s is amazing!
Thanks for this great find! My husband saw this post and surprised me with a trip to this bookstore last weekend. What an awesome place!