Great Lakes Books Series
Editor: Thomas Klug, Wayne State University
The Great Lakes Books Series specializes in books of regional interest and importance to Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region. Inaugurated in 1986 to honor Michigan's 1987 sesquicentennial, the series currently includes titles on Michigan and regional history, the Upper Peninsula, military history, the Great Lakes and maritime history, Detroit history and culture, automotive history, art and architecture, literature, sports, ecology and the environment, and books for young readers.
Advisory Editors: Fredric C. Bohm, DeWitt, Michigan; Sandra Sageser Clark, Michigan History Center; Thomas R. Dilley, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Brian Leigh Dunnigan, Clements Library; Keith Dye, University of Michigan-Dearborn; De Witt Dykes, Oakland University; Joe Grimm, Michigan State University; Laurie Harris, Shelby Township, Michigan; Charles K. Hyde, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; Susan Higman Larsen, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan; Philip P. Mason, Phoenix, Arizona and Eagle Harbor, Michigan; Dennis Moore, Dearborn, Michigan; Erik C. Nordberg, Walter P. Reuther Library; Deborah Smith Pollard, University of Michigan–Dearborn; Michael O. Smith, Bentley Historical Library; Arthur M. Woodford, Harsens Island, Michigan
Pages
How It Happens
Intergenerational story of three Black women and their struggle to stake their claim to the American dream.
Paperback
eBOOK
AWARDWINNER
Justus S. Stearns
Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933
Examines a major Michigan timber baron and political figure who also founded a coal-mining empire in Kentucky.
Paperback
Hardback
eBOOK
I Hope This Reaches You
An American Soldier’s Account of World War I
A medic’s account of life during World War I.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814347072
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814347089
A Lincoln Legacy
The History of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Examines the history of the federal trial courts in Western Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814348048
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814348055
AWARDWINNER
What the Chickadee Knows
Modern poems conceived first in Anishinaabemowin and then in English.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814347508
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814347515
Greening the Black Urban Regime
The Culture and Commerce of Sustainability in Detroit
Describes the struggle to shape green redevelopment in Detroit.
Printed Paper Cased
ISBN: 9780814346501
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814346518
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814346525
AWARDWINNER
A People's Atlas of Detroit
Critical, wide-ranging analyses of Detroit’s redevelopment and alternative visions for its future.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814342978
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814342985
AWARDWINNER
John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age
John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age is the remarkable story of the spiritual search of one of Michigan’s most successful entrepreneurs, a search that culminated in the Fetzer Institute whose ambitious mission is nothing less than the spiritual transformation of the world.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814345306
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814345313
AWARDWINNER
Rosie, A Detroit Herstory
For young readers, an illustrated true story about the women workers of World War II.
Printed Paper Case
ISBN: 9780814345443
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814345450
Bold Boys in Michigan History
Biographical sketches of twenty notable young men with ties to Michigan.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814344545
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814344552
AWARDWINNER
Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company
A history of the American Steel Barge Company and the vessels that it built and operated.
Printed Paper Cased
ISBN: 9780814344767
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814344774
The Iron Hunter
Autobiography of Michigan’s controversial governor from the Upper Peninsula.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343951
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335857
Independent Man
The Life of Senator James Couzens
The only book-length biography of a major Michigan figure who served as Detroit’s mayor and contributed to the early success of the Ford Motor Company.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343968
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335871
Songquest
The Journals of Great Lakes Folklorist Ivan H. Walton
The field notes of a pioneering folklorist who collected the songs, stories, and cultural history of Great Lakes sailors in the 1930s.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814344613
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814344606
Seasons of Grace
A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
Seasons of Grace is a history of the Catholic Church and community in southern lower Michigan from the 1830s through the 1950s.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814344002
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814343999
Uppermost Canada
The Western District and the Detroit Frontier, 1800-1850
Examines the historical, cultural, and social history of the Canadian portion of the Detroit River community in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814344484
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814344491
Toast of the Town
The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson
The life and times of Sunnie Wilson reflected on the changes in Detroit over the last sixty years.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343876
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814343883
Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes
Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes traces the evolution of the Great Lakes shipping industry over the last three centuries.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343340
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338353
Queen of the Lakes
Queen of the Lakes, perfect for coffee tables, lakefront cabins, and boat lovers' bookshelves, tells the story of each of the ships that has been honored with the title "Queen of the Great Lakes."
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343364
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814343371
John Jacob Astor
Business and Finance in the Early Republic
Biography of John Jacob Astor's life and his career as a merchant, fur trader, and land speculator as vehicles for examining several important themes and issues in American economic and urban development between 1790 and 1860.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343449
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814343432