Herb Colling

Herb Colling has an abiding interest in, and respect for, local history. His first two books deal with the auto industry in Windsor. He cut his teeth in 1993 on Pioneering the Auto Age , about Windsor as an automotive capital of Canada, and went on to write 99 Days: The Ford Strike In Windsor, 1945 , which was published in 1995. Colling graduated from Ryerson Polytechnic Institute in Toronto with a Radio and TV Arts Degree, followed by journalism studies at Carleton University, Ottawa. An...See more

Herb Colling has an abiding interest in, and respect for, local history. His first two books deal with the auto industry in Windsor. He cut his teeth in 1993 on Pioneering the Auto Age , about Windsor as an automotive capital of Canada, and went on to write 99 Days: The Ford Strike In Windsor, 1945 , which was published in 1995. Colling graduated from Ryerson Polytechnic Institute in Toronto with a Radio and TV Arts Degree, followed by journalism studies at Carleton University, Ottawa. An announcer and reporter for CBC Radio in Windsor, he began his broadcasting career at the age of 16 at CKMP in Midland. A former agricultural commentator for CBC, he won the Jack Cramm Memorial Trophy for excellence in farm broadcasting and, in 1986, took First Place for news reporting: Canadian Farm Writer's Federation. He was also the winner of an Award for Excellence in promoting farm safety. Most recently, he wrote and produced a CD for the 50th anniversary of CBC Radio in Windsor. An active scuba diver, rower and sailor, Colling wrote a scuba column and sailing articles for Waterline Magazine in Windsor. He has also written fitness and rowing articles for FIT magazine, another local Windsor publication. Colling is a consummate traveller whose travel stories have appeared in The Ottawa Citizen , The Windsor Star and The London Free Press . He is currently working on an anthology of his own short stories and poetry. Since 1967, Colling has been interested in the Detroit riot, has always wondered what prompted it and how it impacted on residents in Windsor. This book is the result of that inquiry. He hopes it sheds light on the riot, its implications and on our racial development in both the United States and Canada. See less