Regional Studies

Painted Turtle Series

Named after Michigans state reptile, Painted Turtle publishes books on regional topics of cultural and historical interest for a general readership.

Regional Studies Categories: Regional Studies, Art & Architecture, Detroit, History, Literature, Science, Automotive History, Maritime History, Young Readers

Regional Studies Series: Detroit Biography Series for Young Readers, Great Lakes Books Series, Painted Turtle Series

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1  Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan

Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan
By Michael R. Federspiel
Available May 2010
$39.95t (Cloth) - 9780814334478

A compilation of personal photographs, historical images, and written excerpts illuminating Ernest Hemingway’s significant ties to northern Michigan.

2  Techno Rebels

Techno Rebels
The Renegades of Electronic Funk

By Dan Sicko
Foreword by Bill Brewster.
Available April 2010
$19.95t (Paper) - 9780814334386

An updated, expanded history of techno music with special attention to its roots in Detroit.

3  Travelin' Man

Travelin' Man
On the Road and Behind the Scenes with Bob Seger

By Tom Weschler and Gary Graff
With a Foreword by John Mellencamp
and an Afterword by Kid Rock
Published October 2009
$27.95t (Cloth) - 9780814334591

A photo-driven insider’s look at Bob Seger’s career from the early days to his breakthrough as a world-famous musician.

4 A Motor City Year

A Motor City Year
By John Sobczak
With a Foreword by Jeff Daniels
Published October 2009
$39.95t (Cloth) - 9780814334102

Photographs of the unique people, places, and events that make up a year in the life of Metropolitan Detroit.

5 The Slasher Killings

The Slasher Killings
A Canadian Sex-Crime Panic, 1945-1946

By Patrick Brode
Published October 2009
$22.95t (Paper) - 9780814334485

Examines the postwar Windsor slasher killings and the social consequences of the public paranoia that followed.

6  Up the Rouge!

Up the Rouge!
Paddling Detroit's Hidden River

Text by Joel Thurtell
Photographs by Patricia Beck
Published April 2009
$34.95t (Paper) - 9780814334256

Chronicles in words and pictures a five-day trip made by two Detroit Free Press journalists up the abused Rouge River in metro Detroit.

7 The Guardian Building

The Guardian Building
Cathedral of Finance

By James W. Tottis
Published 2008
$50.00L (Cloth) - 9780814333853

Detailed photographic history of the Union Trust Building, now known as the Guardian Building, one of the architectural gems of Detroit’s skyline.

8  It Was All Right

It Was All Right
Mitch Ryder's Life in Music

By James A. Mitchell
With a Foreword by Mitch Ryder
Published 2008
$24.95L (Cloth) - 9780814333372

The story of Detroit rock icon Mitch Ryder’s life in the context of the many changes in popular music, politics, and American culture since the 1960s.

9  Amos Walker's Detroit

Amos Walker's Detroit
By Loren D. Estleman
Photographed by Monte Nagler
Published 2007
$34.95L (Cloth) - 9780814333570

A photographic tour of famous and infamous Detroit-area locations from Loren D. Estleman’s popular Amos Walker series of detective novels.

10  Sonny Sez!

Sonny Sez!
Legends, Yarns, and Downright Truths

By Sonny Eliot
Drawings by Draper Jill
Edited by Stanley D. Williams
Foreword by Dick Guindon
Published 2007
$14.95L (Paper) - 9780814333358

A charming collection of wit and wisdom from Detroit personality Sonny Eliot, fully illustrated by award-winning cartoonist Draper Hill.

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