American History

A medic’s account of life during World War I.

An examination of the ways in which the American experience influenced some of the major Jewish leaders during and between the world wars.

Autobiography of Michigan’s controversial governor from the Upper Peninsula.

Examines relationships between black and white Detroit residents through the lens of 1967, fifty years later.

Iron Fleet focuses on the vital role played by the Great Lakes shipping industry during World War II.

New research on the long, shared struggle for freedom by people of African descent in the Detroit River borderland from a uniquely bi-national perspective.

Traces the history of the cemetery in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America, with a specific discussion of the art, architecture, and history of the cemeteries of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Collects anecdotes, legends, stories, and reminiscences of Civil War veterans from a wide variety of written sources and personal interviews, in paperback for the first time.

Details Detroit's tumultuous social, political, and military history during the Civil War.