Great Lakes and Michigan History

Paddling Across the Peninsula: An Important Cross-Michigan Canoe Route During the French Regime

Timothy J. Kent

An exploration of Michigan’s prehistoric cross-peninsula canoe routes and their subsequent use in the French era.

Snapshots—A Saugatuck Album: A Photographic History of Saugatuck, Michigan

James Schmiechen and William Kemperman

A rich collection of old photographs from the albums of Saugatuck-Douglas residents and vacationers.

The Iron Hunter

Chase S. Osborn

Autobiography of one of Michigan’s most influential and flamboyant historical figures: the reporter, publisher, explorer, politician, and twenty-seventh governor of Michigan, Chase Salmon Osborn (1860–1949).

Independent Man: The Life of Senator James Couzens

Harry Barnard

Biography of a major Michigan figure whose many careers embraced both the business and political spheres.

Uppermost Canada: The Western District and the Detroit Frontier, 1800–1850

R. Alan Douglas

Examines the historical, cultural, and social history of the Canadian portion of the Detroit River community in the first half of the nineteenth century.

History of the Finns in Michigan

Armas K. E. Holmio  •  Translated by Ellen M. Ryynanen

A history of the Finnish people in Michigan published in English for the first time.