Great Lakes Books Series

Orear: SarkisSarkis

Gordon Orear and Elizabeth Orear

A celebration of the achievements and contributions of Sarkis Sarkisian (1909–1977) whose name became synonymous with art in Detroit.

Hyde: The Northern LightsThe Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes

Charles K. Hyde  •  Color photographs by Ann and John Mahan

Featuring more than two hundred color photographs, The Northern Lights details the histories of more than one hundred and sixty individual lighthouses that still exist in Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, and the straits of Mackinac.

Field: Kids Catalog of Michigan AdventuresKids Catalog of Michigan Adventures

Second Edition
Ellyce Field

Out of print — see current edition on page 16.

Mason: Rumrunning and the Roaring TwentiesRumrunning and the Roaring Twenties: Prohibition on the Michigan-Ontario Waterway

Philip P. Mason

A fascinating look at the excesses and failures of Prohibition in the United States, and specifically in Michigan.

Baierlein: In the Wilderness with the Red IndiansIn the Wilderness with the Red Indians: German Missionary to the Michigan Indians, 1847–1853

E. R. Baierlein  •  Translated by Anita Z. Boldt  •  Edited with an Introduction by Harold W. Moll

An account of a Lutheran missionary’s life with American Indians in central lower Michigan.

Franck: Elmwood EnduresElmwood Endures: History of a Detroit Cemetery

Michael S. Franck

A celebration of an important Detroit landmark, Elmwood Endures provides a visual journey of the cemetery’s history and landscape.