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Great Lakes Books Series

Karamanski: Schooner PassageSchooner Passage: Sailing Ships and the Lake Michigan Frontier

Theodore J. Karamanski

An illustrated history of schooner trade on Lake Michigan in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Fisher: The Outdoor MuseumThe Outdoor Museum: The Magic of Michigan’s Marshall M. Fredericks

Marcy Heller Fisher  •  Illustrated by Christine Collins Woomer

An illustrated children’s book that helps young readers appreciate the work of a major sculptor, Marshall M. Fredericks (1908–1998).

Poremba: Detroit in Its World SettingDetroit in Its World Setting: A Three Hundred Year Chronology, 1701–2001

Edited by David Lee Poremba

Originally published in 1953, and revised and updated to mark the city’s 300th birthday, Detroit in Its World Setting is a timeline that offers readers a new appreciation of Michigan history by setting life in the Motor City in the context of world affairs.

Dunnigan: Frontier MetropolisFrontier Metropolis: Picturing Early Detroit, 1701–1838

Brian Leigh Dunnigan

The “magnum opus” of Detroit’s anniversary year, Frontier Metropolis presents and describes all known images of Detroit in the pre-photographic era to provide a nearly complete visual chronology of the city over its first 137 years.

Schulz: Michigan RememberedMichigan Remembered: Photographs from the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information, 1936–1943

Edited by Constance B. Schulz

A photographic history of Michigan during the Great Depression and World War II.

Woodford: This Is DetroitThis Is Detroit, 1701–2001

Arthur M. Woodford

Published to coincide with the city’s tricentennial celebration, This Is Detroit, 1701–2001 is an enjoyable and authoritative overview that captures the wide scope and great variety of a proud and multifaceted city.