New edition of this guide to Detroit’s renowned open-air farmers market, featuring stories and recipes from four generations of families.

Manufacturer: Painted Turtle Book
Written By: Lois Johnson, Margaret Thomas

Elmwood Cemetery is one of the oldest places of burial in Detroit. Less than two miles from downtown, the cemetery's archaic stone monuments are a treasure of artistic carvings, characteristic of the rural cemetery movement. Elmwood's tranquil setting inspires contemplation of nature, life, and death. Elmwood Endures provides a visual journey the cemetery's history and landscape. The guidebook ...

Manufacturer: Wayne State University Press
Written By: Michael S. Franck

From the author of the award-winning Frontier Metropolis, this volume presents a comprehensive visual history of the straits of Mackinac in pre-photographic images.

Manufacturer: Wayne State Univ Pr
Written By: Brian Leigh Dunnigan

The traditions of the Sicilians and Italians have been present in Detroit and Holy Family Church since the early 1900s. The church being the very root of their soul, they have maintained their ancestors’ culture and the rituals they brought with them over 100 years ago. Some of these customs date back hundreds of years in their homelands of Cinisi, Terrasini, Trapani, and many other cities.

Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing
Written By: Bonnie Leone

A new edition of this illustrated history of the Ford family and its various branches.

Manufacturer: Wayne State University Press
Written By: Ford R. Bryan

A fully illustrated history of Michigan’s “furniture city”. Heart and Soul chronicles the people, communities, and historical events that have shaped Michigan’s second largest city. Beginning with the Hopewell mound builders who moved into the Grand River Valley several thousand years ago and extending to the post—World War II era, this exciting history explores through personal ...

Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Written By: Linda Samuelson

Manufacturer: Detroit Society for Genealogical
Written By: Marguerite Novy Lambert, James N. Jackson

Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships brings the maritime heritage of the Great Lakes to life, using the tragic story of the schooner Rouse Simmons as a porthole into the robust but often forgotten communities that thrived along Lake Michigan from the Civil War to World War I. ...

Manufacturer: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Written By: Frederick H. Neuschel

Manufacturer: Wayne State Univ Pr

Manufacturer: Genealogical Publishing Company
Written By: Carol McGinnis