Crawford, Kim
Contents: Witness to Murder : Saginaw, 1802 -- The Saginaw Trail -- Trouble in Detroit -- War Clouds -- War in the Michigan Territory -- The Arrest of Jacob Smith -- I Pray You Inform Me ... : The Character of Jacob Smith -- Abduction to Saginaw -- The Return of the Boyer Children -- Jacob Smith versus Louis Campau, 1815 -- Peace -- Conclude a Treaty for the Country upon the Saginac Bay -- The Treaty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.403 SMITH, JACOB CRAEmery, Sharon
Summary: "Sharon Emery struggled with the losses and limits she faced but couldn't change - no matter how hard she tried. And she did try. First with her incurable severe stutter, then with the death of her daughter, Jessica, and the too-early deaths of her own younger siblings. Meanwhile, her "broken" voice meant her long career in communications was regularly a battle. Emery wrote this memoir to help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2022
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI 921 EmerySummary: U.S. health care has changed dramatically during the past century. A new breed of physicians use new machines, vaccines, and ideas in ways that have touched the lives of virtually everyone. How and why did these changes occur?
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.774 MEDIanni, Anthony
Summary: "'They don't know me. They don't know what I'm capable of.' Diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder, a form of autism, as a toddler, Anthony Ianni wasn't expected to succeed in school or participate in sports, but he had other ideas. As a child, Ianni told anybody who would listen, including head coach Tom Izzo, that he would one day play for the Michigan State Spartans. Centered:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Lightning Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B IANNI IANSummary: "Cindy Shank, mother of three, is serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for her tangential involvement with a Michigan drug ring years earlier. This intimate portrait of mandatory minimum drug sentencing's devastating consequences, captured by Cindy's brother, follows her and her family over the course of ten years."--IMDb.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SENSmith, Otis Milton
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMITH, OTIS MILTON SMIHarley, Rachel Brett.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan Women's Studies Association 1992
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 920 HARDempsey, Dave
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2006
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Summary: From the Publisher: Michigan once led the country in the number of lighthouses, and they're still a central part of the mystique and colorful countryside of the state. What even the region's lighthouse enthusiasts might not know is the rich history of female lighthouse keepers in the area. Fifty women served the sailing communities on Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior, as well as on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2010
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Maritime MajherWilson, Brian C.
Summary: "John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age is the remarkable story of the spiritual search of one of Michigan's most successful entrepreneurs, a search that culminated in the creation of the Fetzer Institute whose ambitious mission is nothing less than the spiritual transformation of the world. Born in 1901 and headquartered for most of his life in Kalamazoo, John Fetzer parlayed his first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Spirit FetzerPferdehirt, Julia
Contents: Magdelaine la Framboise, 1780-1846 -- Sojourner Truth, 1797-1883 -- Laura Smith Haviland, 1808-1898 -- Julia Wheelock Freeman, 1833-1900 -- Sara Emma Edmonds, 1841-1898 -- Anna Howard Shaw, 1847-1919 -- Rebecca Shelley, 1887-1984 -- Ana Clemenc, 1888-1956 -- Marguerite Lofft de Angeli, 1889-1987 -- Gwen Frostic, 1906-2001 -- Rosa Parks, 1913-2005 -- Nancy Harkness Love, 1914-1977.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TwoDot 2007
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI History PferdehirtShine, Neal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.34 SHINguyen, Bich Minh
Summary: "From the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha's Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fragmented by war and resettlement. At the end of the Vietnam War, when Beth Nguyen was eight months old, she and her father, sister, grandmother, and uncles fled Saigon for America. Beth's mother stayed--or was left--behind, and they did not meet again until Beth was nineteen. Over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B NGUYEN NGUMajher, Patricia
Summary: "A series of sketches that chronicle the well-known – and lesser-known – young women of Michigan who achieved great things before the age of 20."--from Good Reads website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 920.72 Majher 2015Powers, Tom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Friede Publications 2002
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Markel, Howard
Summary: "John Harvey Kellogg was one of America's most beloved physicians; a best-selling author, lecturer, and health-magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of wellness. His youngest brother, Will, was the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which revolutionized the mass production of food and what we eat for breakfast. In The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B KELLOGGS MARSummary: The book, titled One Cup at a Time: Why a Gaggle of Geezers Gathers Every Monday Morning to Solve the World's Problems, tells the stories of the coffee meet-up's 11 members. It features a foreword by former governor Jennifer Granholm, and it spans some of the most pivotal moments of the 20th Century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MB Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ONEGranholm, Jennifer.
Summary: Recounts the former Michigan governor's struggles to solve the problems of unemployment and budget deficits with the auto industry collapse and global financial crisis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRANHOLM, JENNIFER GraBouman, Mark.
Summary: Mark Bouman recounts the events of his childhood at the hands of his larger-than-life, Neo-Nazi father in brilliant, startling detail in this memoir. From adventure-filled days complete with real-life war games, artillery fire, and tank races to terror-filled nights marked by vicious tirades, brutal beatings, and psychological torture, Mark paints a chilling portrait of family life that is at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOUMAN, MARK BOUBrilliant, Lawrence B
Summary: "The unforgettable, entertaining, and inspiring memoir of the activist, teacher, entrepreneur, and spiritual leader that illuminates some of the most revolutionary events of a generation, many of the legendary people who defined it, and a towering figureat the center of it. Larry Brilliant's life journey has led him on a purposeful path across continents and countercultural movements, marching...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRILLIANT, LARRY BRIGibson, Arthur Hopkin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 Gibson1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 709 GIB
Lobdell, Wayne H.
Summary: Wayne Lobdell views himself as a very lucky guy. He was born in a basement apartment, grew up in the humble environment of a little farm and survived a move to the hood when his father became ill. The inspiring example of his father's hard work and meeting the special person in his life in junior high pointed him on a path to finding his way to a better life. Wayne's recollection of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WingSpan Press 2009