Once Upon a Corner in Detroit

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A nostalgic book with 65 caricatures of movie, TV, music and sports celebrities along with their biographies and the fascinating backstory. In 1971, in a corner of the Steering Wheel restaurant in Detroit, Michigan, WJR radio’s J.P. McCarthy was inviting Detroit to join him for ‘lunch’ with his celebrity guests on a radio interview show called, Focus . Harlan Rector, an ad agency art director, was there as well sketching the celebrities with his Sharpie. Harlan’s collection of signed caricatures numbers over 100. This book includes: Gordie Howe, Jessie Owens, Clint Eastwood, Carol Channing, James Earl Jones, Maria Von Trapp, Sidney Poitier and 58 more.