  Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 75 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 152.163.100.195 |
This list was compiled a few yeas ago - is anyone familiar with Before the Ghetto by Katzman or Cornflake Crusade by Carson? Are they worth hunting down? I also noticed that a number of the authors on the selection committee are represented on the list so it begs the question - do some titles not belong and are there titles missing that should be there? 50 Essential Michigan History Books | ||
Goggo Member Username: Goggo Post Number: 140 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 64.136.49.226 |
I will vouch for Walter Romig's "Michigan Place Names'. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 169 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 68.42.213.100 |
What? Not a single book on the Purple Gang? Nothing on Motown music? Our 2nd most famous export? That list seems woefully incomplete in my humble opinion. | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 202 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 69.242.219.99 |
I am going to look into a few of those books. I really wanna check this one out "Life for Us Is What We Make It: Building Black Community in Detroit, 1915-1945" I'm sure its interesting. | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 167 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.74.103 |
"The Buildings of Michigan" is on there but not "The Buildings of Detroit" by my hero W. Hawkins Ferry? "The Buildings of Detroit" is the ultimate Michigan architecture sourcebook! "BoM" is a pamphlet in comparison. Maybe they have limited the list to books in print? | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 76 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.195 |
Maybe "Buildings of Michigan" was chosen because it's a statewide history list. I just got back from Borders where I used their title sleuth to look up some of the titles. A number of them are out of print. Picked up the Romig book and the one on Reuther while I was there. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 5493 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 65.92.100.76 |
Malcolm Bingay. Detroit is my home town. | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 3619 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.175.56 |
Goat, I have that book. It was my grandfather's. He was a huge "Iffy the Dopester" fan. | ||
Dave Member Username: Dave Post Number: 44 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 172.142.103.97 |
For traditional native history, check out Eddie Benton-Banai's "The Mishomis Book" http://www.goodminds.com/books /Mishomis%20Book%20%20%20The%2 0Voice%20of%20the%20Ojibway%20 %20The.html |
