Author: J. Alan Holman
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: lakes, pleistocene, environment, precambrian, basin, life, ancient
Number of Pages: 295
Published: 1995-08-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0472065343
ISBN-13: 9780472065349

Today, Michigan is home to many different animals and plants. Yet nearly 12,000 years ago it was home to very different kinds of animals and flora. Huge mastodons and mammoths roamed through southern Michigan. Whales, walruses, and giant rodents swam in the lakes, and shaggy musk oxen grazed in the woodlands. Now, 2000 years later, all but their fossils are gone. Ancient Life of the Great Lakes Basin provides a one-of-a- kind look at ancient life in the Great Lakes. Written for the layperson and for the professional with biological or geological interest in the Great Lakes region, the book des

Author: Judy Doenges
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: fiction, originals, sweetwater, world, girl, beautiful
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-04-25
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0472115618
ISBN-13: 9780472115617

Judy Doenges’s brilliant first novel is the deeply affecting story of Robin Simonsen, a girl growing up in the 1960s and 70s on the wrong side of a Chicago suburb. After the death of her young mother, Robin is left with her kind but irresponsible father-a junkman turned drug dealer-and her grandmother, a retired Vegas showgirl, both of whom draw local fixers and ex-cons into the Simonsens’ increasingly shady home. Bright, wise, and observant, Robin is the quiet outsider to her hedonistic family, struggling to come to terms with her ardent love for girls. Trapped in a house scarily

Author: William Seale
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: restoration, construction, capitol, michigan
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 1995-07-01
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 0472065734
ISBN-13: 9780472065738

A history of the building and restoration of one of the nation’s most prominent capitols.

Author: Gordon Castelnero
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: detroit, land
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 2006-04-10
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0472031244
ISBN-13: 9780472031245

An in-depth and personal look at the most popular and best-remembered local shows from the golden years of Detroit TVLong before cable, prepackaged syndication, infomercials, do-it-yourselfers, and reality shows cluttered the television dial, there was a brand of entertainment that has today nearly vanished from the airwaves: local TV. And with its colorful and quirky cast of characters, Detroit TV arguably offered some of the best of the best of local programming anywhere in the nation-a smorgasbord of exuberant, one-of-a-kind television shows.Based on actual interviews with the people who ma

Author: Milan Pelouch
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: morels
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2008-02-27
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0472032747
ISBN-13: 9780472032747

Each spring in the United States, old-timers and new converts to morel hunting appear in the woods in search of the elusive but distinctive morel, a mushroom well known and loved in Michigan and other states for its superb flavor and culinary value. So prized is the morel that favorite morel hunting spots—not unlike those of its cousin, the European truffle—are closely guarded secrets to morel devotees. While many morel fans remain tight lipped about their favorite subject, in How to Find Morels author Milan Pelouch freely shares everything he’s learned during his years of morel hunting. T

Author: George Cantor
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: midwest, roads, old
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 1997-08-15
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0472082884
ISBN-13: 9780472082889

The Midwest is a region often neglected by travel books. This is true despite the region’s large population, beautiful natural features, and the number of people who vacation there. This new volume by George Cantor takes the reader and traveler on a back-roads journey through the states of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. Before the superhighways, most roadways were trails used by Native Americans, pioneers, and farmers. Today many of these roads are designated scenic and/or historic. The author follows nineteen such roads and describes the events and personalities that are associated with t

Author: Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: forest, philosophy, america, arboretum
Number of Pages: 214
Published: 2003-10-03
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0472068512
ISBN-13: 9780472068517

Arboretum America is, at the very least, the Bible of Trees. But its ambitions are grander than that.Author Diana Beresford-Kroeger, a self-described "renegade scientist," aims for no less than the salvation of the planet -- through the miracle of trees.There are many books on both subjects. Some warm, some inform, while others meditate on the disappearance of the forests or the meaning of trees. Few books, though, touch on all of these subjects as Arboretum America does.Bereford’s remedy, what she calls the Bioplan, commences with a simple directive: know thy trees. Most important, this