Dreaming Suburbia : Detroit and the Production of Postwar Space and Culture: by Amy Maria Kenyon (2004).
A multifaceted cultural study of suburbanization in the United States, and Detroit in particular, during the postwar suburban boom.
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Returning to Earth: By Jim Harrison (2007). Donald, a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man living in Michigan's Upper Penninsula and dying of Lou Gehrig's disease, begins dictating the story of his family history and spiritual life to his wife and daughter. |
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The Algiers Motel Incident: By John Hersey (1998).
Responding to a telephoned report of sniping, the Detroit police invaded the Algiers Motel and interrogated ten black men and two white women. By the time the interrogators left, three men had been shot to death and the others, including the women, beaten. The late Pulitzer Prize winning novelist John Hersey described the event in this book, based on months of personal investigation and detailed evidence.
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The Life and Legacy of Peter the Great: Famous Trotting Sire From Kalamazoo : By Terry Motycka (2006). Michigan author Terry Motycka recounts the life of the famous trotting sire born in 1895 on the present day campus of Western Michigan University. Many of Peter the Great's decendents have become famous trotters themselves and currently span the globe. |
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The U.P. Goes to War : Upper Michigan and its Heroes in World War II: by Larry Chabot (2006).
Stories of bravery and heroism from the World War II soldiers of Michigan's Upper Penninsula.
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Train Station: Produced by Gary Glaser (2004). The last train left the Michigan Central Train Depot in Detroit in 1988 and has been empty ever since. This documentary, filmed that same year, tells the story of the building and the people that once filled it. |
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