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          Louis Graveraet Kaufman

          Louis Graveraet Kaufman

          The Fabulous Michigan Gatsby Who Conquered Wall Street, Took Over General Motors, and Built the World's Tallest Building

          by Ann Berman

          Price: $28.99

          ISBN: 9780814348154

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: June 2025

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          208 Pages

          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.

          Justus S. Stearns

          Justus S. Stearns

          Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933

          by Michael W. Nagle

          Price: $26.99

          ISBN: 9780814348826

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: September 2021

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          324 Pages

          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.

          Independent Man

          Independent Man

          The Life of Senator James Couzens

          by Harry Barnard

          Introduction by David L. Lewis

          Price: $24.99

          ISBN: 9780814343968

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: February 2018

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          408 Pages

          This book reveals the life of a truly unique and inspirational man.

          Maurice Sugar

          Maurice Sugar

          Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950

          by Christopher H. Johnson

          Price: $22.99

          ISBN: 9780814344835

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: February 2018

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          336 Pages

          Maurice Sugar represents a force in American life that bears recalling in these barren years of plant closings.

          John Jacob Astor

          John Jacob Astor

          Business and Finance in the Early Republic

          by John Denis Haeger

          Price: $24.99

          ISBN: 9780814343449

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: December 2017

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          368 Pages

          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.

          Henry Ford

          Henry Ford

          An Interpretation

          by Samuel S. Marquis

          Price: $26.99

          ISBN: 9780814333679

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: August 2007

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          248 Pages

          Ford history enthusiasts as well as readers who are interested in historical biography will be grateful for the reprint of this significant volume.

          My Forty Years with Ford

          My Forty Years with Ford

          by Charles E. Sorensen

          With Samuel T. Williamson

          Introduction by David L. Lewis

          Price: $34.99

          ISBN: 9780814332795

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: January 2006

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          368 Pages

          My Forty Years with Ford is both a personal history of a business empire and a revelation that moves with excitement and the power of tragedy.

          Roy D. Chapin

          Roy D. Chapin

          The Man Behind the Hudson Motor Car Company

          by J. C. Long

          Introduction by Charles K. Hyde

          Price: $26.99

          ISBN: 9780814331842

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: July 2004

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          360 Pages

          "—From the introduction by Charles K. Hyde, Department of History, Wayne State University

          A Wobbly Life

          A Wobbly Life

          Iww Organizer E. F. Doree

          by Ellen Doree Rosen

          Introduction by Melvyn Dubofsky

          Price: $24.99

          ISBN: 9780814332030

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: July 2004

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          288 Pages

          This book is a tangible and touching story about a man whose life deserves reflection and remembrance.

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