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Regional Studies Categories: Regional Studies, Art & Architecture, Detroit, History, Literature, Science, Automotive History, Maritime History, Young Readers
Regional Studies Series: Detroit Biography Series for Young Readers, Great Lakes Books Series, Painted Turtle Series
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Storied Independent Automakers
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The Slasher Killings
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When You Come Home
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Life with Mae
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Henry Ford
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Storied Independent Automakers Explores the business history of three major independent American automakers—Nash Motor Company, the Hudson Motor Car Company, and the American Motors Company—that faced fierce competition from the “Big Three.” |
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The Slasher Killings Examines the postwar Windsor slasher killings and the social consequences of the public paranoia that followed. |
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When You Come Home The story of two Wayne State University students who were separated by World War II, told through the letters that they exchanged. |
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Life with Mae A memoir of growing up on Detroit’s East Side in the 1930s and 1940s combined with an often hilarious biographical portrait of Shine’s mother, Mae. |
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Henry Ford A reprint of the rare and controversial biography of Henry Ford, first published in 1923, written by Ford’s close associate. |
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Detroit on Stage Detroit on Stage traces the extraordinary history of Detroit’s The Players club from its beginnings in 1910 until present. |
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Learning to Cook in 1898 Based on the pocket notebook and handwritten recipes of Irma Rosenthal Frankenstein, a young Chicago housewife from the turn of the twentieth century, Learning to Cook in 1898 is a glimpse into American culinary history. |
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My Brave Mechanics An important and little-known chapter of Michigan’s Civil War history, drawn from the letters, diaries, and regimental records of the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics regiment. |
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A Pocketful of Passage A fictionalized account of the life of a lighthouse keeper’s daughter and her family on the Great Lakes in the 1940s, written for young readers ages 8 and up. |
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Born to Wander At a time when many people lived their lives within a short distance of their place of birth, John Ball was a remarkable man who traveled the world for the sheer adventure of it. |
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