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Louis Graveraet Kaufman
Publication Date: June 2025
Author Ann Berman highlights Kaufman's remarkable journey from "barefoot boyto trailblazing branch banking giant, proving LG was not just a man of his time but one worth reading about over a century later.
Spirography
Publication Date: April 2025
Writing from ten years after her father's death, she traces her experiences of becoming a stepparent, carrying on her dad's legacy, and, in unimaginable ways, bringing him back to life.
Coach of Champions
Publication Date: April 2025
's legacy reveals the enduring power of believing in others.
Beyond Refuge in Arab Detroit
Publication Date: March 2025
As its residents struggle for change on their own terms, they no longer perceive greater Detroit as a sanctuary or temporary home, but as a place were Arabs and Chaldeans can live permanently as citizens.
The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes
Publication Date: October 2024
And yet, despite his countless successes, Ward's captivating life was filled with ruthless competition, labor conflict, familial dispute, and scandal.
Race, Religion, and the Pulpit
Publication Date: October 2024
Bradby's efforts as an activist and "race leaderby examining the role the minister played in high-profile events, such as the organizing of Detroit's NAACP chapter, the Ossian Sweet trial of the mid-1920s, the Scottsboro Boys trials in the 1930s, and the controversial rise of the United Auto Workers in Detroit...
Rust Belt Reporter
Publication Date: September 2024
Alongside sage insight into the difficulties and decline of traditional media, Gallagher's experience and advice inspire hope, often underscoring and celebrating the surprising and happy reinvention of heartland cities like Detroit.
Picnics and Porcupines
Publication Date: September 2024
Drawing on themes from Indigenous knowledge and the African American experience to labor activism and women's history, this tantalizing chronicle offers a taste of Americana, seasoned by the changing global forces of industrialization, transportation, immigration, tourism, war, and climate.
Rum Running and the Roaring Twenties
Publication Date: May 2024
Michigan was the first state to ratify the amendment on April 10, 1933, and soon the Detroit River was returned to pleasure boats and fishing and commercial vessels whose holds no longer carried illegal liquor.
Michigan's Venice
Publication Date: April 2024
Viewed over time, the region forms a microcosm of the interplay of environment, culture, and technology that characterized the gradual shift from nature to an industrial society and a built environment optimized for global waterborne transport.
The Salmon Capital of Michigan
Publication Date: April 2024
Complementing an ecological understanding of events, this narrative details the significance of the fishery and its loss as experienced by the townspeople whose lives it touched.
When Detroit Played the Numbers
Publication Date: March 2024
In succinct and engrossing chapters, George explores issues of community, race, politics, and the scandals that sprang up along the way, discovering how "playing the numbersgrew from a state-proclaimed crime to an encouraged legal activity.
When Lions Were Kings
Publication Date: September 2023
When Lions Were Kings is a lively portrait of the golden age of professional football in Detroit that will delight younger fans and inform die-hard followers of one of the NFL's oldest franchises.
Paper Valley
Publication Date: April 2023
Allen and Campbell eloquently outline the problematic bureaucracy involved in environmental cleanup efforts and reveal tactics to compel corporate entities who would dodge accountability for decades worth of contamination.
Justus S. Stearns
Publication Date: September 2021
American history scholars, as well as general readers interested in Michigan's lumbering era and Kentucky's mining history, will enjoy this biography of an exceptionally influential businessman.
Scratching the Surface
Publication Date: March 2021
His approach is to, in a very supportive and non-threatening way, combine both introductory and advanced storytelling in one fell swoop."
A Lincoln Legacy
Publication Date: October 2020
It will appeal to those learning and practicing law, as well as those with an interest in Michigan history.
Things People Say about Detroit
Publication Date: November 2018
Through the awareness of these opinions, and remarks, the story of Detroit, its history, its ingenuity, and its contributions to the world are better understood and appreciated.
The Faygo Book
Publication Date: October 2018
These stories and facts will tickle the taste buds and memories of Detroiters and Faygo lovers everywhere.
Bold Boys in Michigan History
Publication Date: June 2018
Readers between the ages of 8 and 12 will love getting wrapped up in the stories of boys their own age who have lived extraordinary lives.
Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company
Publication Date: May 2018
Readers interested in the maritime history of the Great Lakes and the industries that developed around them will find this book fascinating.
White Squall
Publication Date: May 2018
White Squall is a history of the lakes written by those who knew them best in all weather and all eras from the beginning to the present.
Toast of the Town
Publication Date: February 2018
An influential insider’s perspective, Toast of the Town fills a void in the documented history of Detroit’s black and entertainment community from the 1920s to the present.
Uppermost Canada
Publication Date: February 2018
Despite all however, Alan Douglas demonstrates that the Western District endured without apparent change longer than any of the others.
Seasons of Grace
Publication Date: February 2018
Tentler discusses the issue of Catholics in state and local politics and Catholic practice with regard to abortion, contraception, and intermarriage.
Independent Man
Publication Date: February 2018
This book reveals the life of a truly unique and inspirational man.
The Iron Hunter
Publication Date: February 2018
His autobiography reflects the energy and enthusiasm of a reformer inspired by the Progressive Movement, but it reveals the poetic spirit of an adventurer who fell in love with Michigan's Upper Peninsula after traveling the world.
"Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights"
Publication Date: December 2017
Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights documents this important shift in state level policy and makes clear that civil rights in Michigan embraced not only blacks but women, the elderly, native Americans, migrant workers, and the physically handicapped.
Survival and Regeneration
Publication Date: December 2017
They are not as numerous or politically powerful as their black neighbors, but the story of these native peoples leaves no doubt about their importance to Detroit and of the city's effect on them.
Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes
Publication Date: December 2017
fleet that numbers fewer than seventy vessels.
All Our Yesterdays
Publication Date: December 2017
But more important, this is a story by and about the people of Detroit, for it is the people that have made this city great.
John Jacob Astor
Publication Date: December 2017
More than just a personal biography, John Jacob Astor combines economic theories with a fascinating narrative that demonstrates, like no other book has, Astor's impact on the early republic.
Brewed in Michigan
Publication Date: October 2017
Brewed in Michigan is a book for beer enthusiasts and for people who want a better understanding of what makes Michigan beer special. Cheers!
Greetings from Detroit
Publication Date: September 2017
This beautiful collection would make an excellent conversation piece in the home of any local history aficionado.
To the Copper Country
Publication Date: September 2017
This book is suitable for young readers and would be an excellent tool for teaching empathy and Michigan history in the classroom.
The Detroit Riot of 1967
Publication Date: July 2017
It has been fifty years since the riot and federal policies are needed now more than ever that will help to protect the future of urban America.
Harborless
Publication Date: June 2017
This collection accomplishes that task through history and imagination, producing lake lore that will speak to historians and those interested in ships, poetry, and the Great Lakes.
Detroit 1967
Publication Date: May 2017
Readers of Detroit history and urban studies will be drawn to and enlightened by these powerful essays.
Iron Fleet
Publication Date: December 2016
Based mainly on original research from primary sources, Iron Fleet explores the use of Great Lakes shipyards for the production of salt water civilian and military vessels, the role of the Great Lakes passenger ships in providing vacation opportunities for war workers, and the extensive measures taken to to safeguard...
Heaven Was Detroit
Publication Date: October 2016
Fans of any music genre will find something that speaks to them in the pages of this collection.
Luke Karamazov
Publication Date: August 2016
With the drama of fiction, the resulting story is bizarre, somewhat grisly, but always psychologically revealing.
Friends, Families & Forays
Publication Date: June 2016
Ford's hard work and passionate interests brought him great wealth , and this book provides a peek at the luxuries he and his wife, Clara, enjoyed, from a yacht and a private rail car, to gracious residences in Michigan, Florida, and Georgia.
The Detroit Tigers
Publication Date: January 2016
Containing over 440 photographs, three- fourths of which arenew images, The Detroit Tigers captures the traditions of baseball and fuses them with the memories of a beloved team.
The People's Lawyer
Publication Date: September 2015
All those interested in American history and legal history will enjoy this highly readable, entertaining account of Kelley’s life of public service.
The Orbit Magazine Anthology
Publication Date: September 2015
Anyone interested in Detroit arts and culture or the history of alternative publishing will be grateful for The Orbit Magazine Anthology.
Love, Sex, and 4-H
Publication Date: April 2015
Fans of memoir will appreciate the honest portrayal of growing up between rebellion and tradition in Love, Sex, and 4-H.
Mapping Detroit
Publication Date: March 2015
Containing some of the leading voices on Detroit's history and future, Mapping Detroit will be informative reading for anyone interested in urban studies, geography, and recent American history.
Asian Americans in Michigan
Publication Date: March 2015
Readers interested in Michigan history, sociology, and Asian American studies will enjoy this volume.
