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Great Lakes Books Series

Litwak: Waiting for the NewsWaiting for the News

Leo Litwak

A fictional account of labor battles in pre-World War II Detroit.

Henrickson: Detroit PerspectivesDetroit Perspectives: Crossroads and Turning Points

Edited by Wilma Wood Henrickson

Using primary and secondary sources, Henrickson assembles a collection of documents related to decisive moments in the history of Detroit and the region.

Dutton: Life on the Great LakesLife on the Great Lakes: A Wheelsman’s Story

Fred W. Dutton  •  Edited by William Donohue Ellis

Serving under many captains on a dozen and a half vessels, Dutton captures the flavor of working on Great Lakes ships in the early twentieth century.

Hobart: Copper Country JournalCopper Country Journal: The Diary of Schoolmaster Henry Hobart, 1863–1864

Edited with an Introductory Essay by Philip P. Mason

Hobart’s narrative provides firsthand accounts of the copper industry in mid-nineteenth century Clifton.

Haeger: John Jacob AstorJohn Jacob Astor: Business and Finance in the Early Republic

John Denis Haeger

Out of print.

Danziger: Survival and RegenerationSurvival and Regeneration: Detroit’s American Indian Community

Edmund J. Danziger, Jr.

Examines through printed sources and personal life stories the historic challenges faced by Native American migrants to Detroit.