Great Lakes Books Series

From Saginaw Valley to Tin Pan Alley: Saginaw’s Contribution to American Popular Music, 1890–1955

R. Grant Smith

Documents the work of more than sixty popular songwriters who hailed from Saginaw, including Isham Jones (It Had to Be You), and Ben Weisman (Paper Roses).

The Long Winter Ends

Newton G. Thomas

A reprint of the 1941 edition, The Long Winter Ends tells the story of a year in the life of a young emigrant miner who leaves Cornwall to work in the copper mines of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Bridging the River of Hatred: The Pioneering Efforts of Police Commissioner George Edwards

Mary M. Stolberg

A case study of policing, poverty, and race relations in Detroit in the 1960s.

Toast of the Town: The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson

Sunnie Wilson with John F. Cohassey

The life of legendary Detroit businessman Sunnie Wilson.

These Men Have Seen Hard Service: The First Michigan Sharpshooters in the Civil War

Raymond J. Herek

A compelling political, social, ethnic, and military drama, this book examines the lives of the men of one outstanding Michigan regiment during the Civil War.

A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium

Richard Bak

An illustrated narrative history of Detroit’s Tiger Stadium, the people who owned it, and the teams that played in it.