Asian Americans in Michigan

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• Explores a neglected cultural and social history from a variety of perspectives. While the number of Asians in Michigan was small for a good portion o... Lees meer

Great Lakes Journey

William Ashworth

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• A detailed picture of the status of the Great Lakes at the end of the twentieth century. Great Lakes Journey is a follow-up to William Ashworth's earl... Lees meer

Survival and Regeneration

Edmund Jefferson Jr. Danziger

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• Survival and Regeneration captures the heritage of Detroit's colorful Indian community through printed sources and the personal life stories of many N... Lees meer

Iron Fleet

George J Joachim

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• Iron Fleet focuses on the vital role played by the Great Lakes shipping industry during World War II. George J. Joachim examines how the industry met ... Lees meer

Enterprising Images

John Vincent Jezierski

• Hardcover | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• The story of the most prolific African American photographers in North America. From its beginnings in York, Pennsylvania, in 1847, until the death of... Lees meer

A Place for Summer

Richard Bak

• Hardcover | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• This historical companion of Tiger Stadium contains almost two hundred rare photographs that capture the spirit of 140 years of baseball in Detroit. O... Lees meer

Young Henry Ford

Sidney Olson

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• Young Henry Ford is a visual and textual presentation of the first forty years of Henry Ford. Young Henry Ford is a visual and textual presentation of... Lees meer

House of Fields

Anne-Marie Oomen

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• The follow-up to Pulling Down the Barn, House of Fields is a collection of evocative personal essays that recall the many facets of a young girl's for... Lees meer

Independent Man

Harry Barnard

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• First published in 1958 by Charles Scribner's Sons, Independent Man is the only book-length biography of one of Michigan's most remarkable men. His ma... Lees meer

Roy D. Chapin

J C Long

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• Now back in print, this is the only biography devoted to the life and career of Roy D. Chapin--one of the foremost figures in the history of Detroit's... Lees meer

Cobb Would Have Caught It

Richard Bak

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• A peek into the mind and soul of professional baseball as it was played in a dynamic city fifty, sixty, and even seventy years ago. The period from 19... Lees meer

The French Canadians of Michigan

Jean Lamarre

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• Most information regarding the French Canadians in Michigan concerns those who settled during the French period. However, another significant migratio... Lees meer

I Hope This Reaches You

Hilary Connor

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• A medic's account of life during World War I. I Hope This Reaches You: An American Soldier's Account of World War I begins in May 1917 with Byron Fisk... Lees meer

Lake Invaders

William Rapai

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• An examination of the ecological damage that has been done by several invasive species in the Great Lakes. There are more than 180 exotic species in t... Lees meer

Under Michigan

Charles Ferguson Barker

• Hardcover | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• An exciting trip below the surface of Michigan's rocks and fossils. Most people recognize Michigan by its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula and the Great ... Lees meer

No Equal Justice

Edward J Littlejohn, Peter J Hammer

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• The story of a civil rights icon and Black lawyer who fought racism and political oppression with uncommon devotion. Winner of a Michigan State Histor... Lees meer

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Tommy McIntyre

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• A compelling and detailed account of the search for the Oakland County child killer. A story of tragedy and grief, dead-ends and disappointments. In 1... Lees meer

Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation

Anthony J Yanik

• Hardcover | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• A detailed history of Maxwell Motor Company, a medium-sized Detroit automaker that became the foundation of the Chrysler Corporation. Though usually r... Lees meer

History of the Finns in Michigan

Armas K E Holmio

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• Michigan's Upper Peninsula was a major destination for Finns during the peak years of migration in the nineteenth century and the early decades of the... Lees meer

Michigan Place Names

Walter Romig

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• From Aabec in Antrim County to Zutphen in Ottawa County, from Hell to Hooker, Michigan Place Names is a compendium of information on the origins of th... Lees meer

Danny and the Boys

Robert Traver

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• Robert Traver captures the genuine flavor of backwoods life in this story recounting the escapades of Danny and his four croonies. Reaffirming the won... Lees meer

Michigan's Lumbertowns

Jeremy W Kilar

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• This study is a comprehensive history of these lumbertowns from their inception as frontier settlements to their emergence as reshaped industrial cent... Lees meer

Henry Ford

Samuel S Marquis

• Paperback | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• A reprint of the rare and controversial biography of Henry Ford, first published in 1923, written by Ford's close associate. Regarded by many automoti... Lees meer

The Political Activities of Detroit Clubwomen in the 1920s

Jayne Morris-Crowther

• Hardcover | Engels | Great Lakes Books
• Follows the work of Detroit women's organizations as they dealt with issues related to voting, industrialization, and immigration. In the early 1900s,... Lees meer