Great Lakes and Michigan History

Looking Beyond Race: The Life of Milton Otis Smith

Otis Milton Smith and Mary M. Stolberg  •  Foreword by Vernon E. Jordon, Jr.

Memoir of the first African American elected to the State Supreme Court—and named corporate officer for General Motors.

Lost & Found: Ghost Towns of the Saugatuck Area

Kit Lane

The story of forgotten Western Michigan settlements that exist today only on old maps and in the stories of the area’s early settlers.

Enterprising Images: The Goodridge Brothers, African American Photographers, 1847–1922

John Vincent Jezierski

The story of the most prolific African American photographers in North America, the Goodridge Brothers of Saginaw, Michigan.

Letter from Washington, 1863–1865

Lois Bryan Adams  •  Edited and with an Introduction by Evelyn Leasher

A fascinating look at Civil War life in the nation’s capital through the commentaries of Detroit Advertiser and Tribune correspondent Lois Bryan Adams.

Wonderful Power: The Story of Ancient Copper Working in the Lake Superior Basin

Susan R. Martin

Wonderful Power examines the archaeological record to relate a technically accurate and complete story of copper mining in northern Michigan.

Father Abraham’s Children: Michigan Episodes in the Civil War

Frank B. Woodford

A collection of anecdotes, legends, stories, and reminiscences recounting Michigan’s role in the Civil War.