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Henry Ford and the Protection of Birdlife in America

By Rick Simek
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History

Henry Ford’s untold love of birds and his role in gaining legal protection for North American birdlife

Great Lake

An Unnatural History of Lake Michigan

By Theodore J. Karamanski
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History

Shaping America’s great watery wilderness

Teamsters Metropolis

By Ryan Patrick Murphy
Subjects: History, Labor History, American History, Sexuality Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History

How an unruly union culture helped workers establish comfortable, suburban living

Our Michigan

Edited by James Tobin, Kim Clarke, and Deborah Holdship
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Education, Higher Education, History

An engaging look at the University of Michigan's past and its vision for the future

Concrete Century

Julius Kahn and the Construction Revolution

By Michael G Smith
Subjects: Art, Architecture, Biography, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History

The tale of concrete cities

Guardians of Michigan

Architectural Sculpture of the Pleasant Peninsulas

By Jeff Morrison
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, History

Preserving Michigan’s architecture through photos and stories

Bath Massacre, New Edition

America's First School Bombing

New Edition, Updated and Expanded Edition

By Arnie Bernstein
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, True Crime, History, History, American History

Sing to the Colors

A Writer Explores Two Centuries at the University of Michigan

By James Tobin
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Education, Higher Education, History

Justice and Faith

The Frank Murphy Story

By Greg Zipes
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, Politics

Sit-Down

The General Motors Strike of 1936-1937

With a New Foreword by Kim Moody

By Sidney Fine
Subjects: History, American History, American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History
Series: Class : Culture

Studies the most significant American labor conflict of the 20th century

Conquering Heroines

How Women Fought Sex Bias at Michigan and Paved the Way for Title IX

By Sara Fitzgerald
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, History

States at War

A Reference Guide for Michigan in the Civil War

By Richard F Miller
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, American History

The definitive guide for researching Michigan’s experience throughout the Civil War

Cheers to Michigan

A Celebration of Cocktail Culture and Craft Distillers

By Tammy Coxen & Lester Graham
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, Food and Drink

Enjoy cocktails for every season, each distilling the best of the Great Lakes State

When Evil Came to Good Hart, 10th Anniversary Edition

New Edition

By Mardi Link
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, True Crime, History, American History

A new look into the cold-case file of the murders of a wealthy Detroit-area family in their northern Michigan cabin in 1968 

Prehistoric Copper Mining in Michigan

The Nineteenth-Century Discovery of “Ancient Diggings” in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale

By John R. Halsey
Subjects: Archaeology, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History
Series: Anthropological Papers Series

The Forests of Michigan, Revised Ed.

Revised Edition

By Donald I. Dickmann & Larry A. Leefers
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Nature, History, Nature/Environment, Natural Resources

A perfect companion to Michigan Trees

James Jesse Strang

The Rise and Fall of Michigan's Mormon King

By Don Faber
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, Biography, History, American Religious History, Religion

The extraordinary life of one of the Mormon church’s early leaders
 

Making Waves

Michigan’s Boat-Building Industry, 1865-2000

By Scott M Peters
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, Labor History, Maritime

An entertaining study of how Michigan put American boat building on the map

Wicked Takes the Witness Stand

A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan

By Mardi Link
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, True Crime, History

A twisted account of unsolved murder, vindictive prosecution, and a psychotic key witness whose testimony led to the wrongful imprisonment of five innocent men

The Glass City

Toledo and The Industry That Built It

By Barbara L Floyd
Subjects: History, Labor History, American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History

The story of Toledo glass—past, present, and future

Michigan

A History of Explorers, Entrepreneurs, and Everyday People

By Roger L. Rosentreter
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, American History

An engaging new history of the Great Lakes State

Idlewild

The Rise, Decline, and Rebirth of a Unique African American Resort Town

By Ronald J. Stephens
Subjects: African American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, American Studies

An in-depth study of an important African American resort town and the intersections among race, class, tourism, entertainment, and historic preservation in the United States

Open Wound

The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont

By Jason Karlawish
Subjects: Fiction, History, American History, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Literature, History

A fictionalized case of medical ethics in Northern Michigan

The Boy Governor

Stevens T. Mason and the Birth of Michigan Politics

By Don Faber
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, American History

The definitive biography of the youngest state governor in American history

Secret Witness

The Untold Story of the 1967 Bombing in Marshall, Michigan

By Blaine Pardoe
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, True Crime

How a vicious bombing murder on Main Street shattered the small town of Marshall, Michigan

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