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1. 
Revised Edition
A perfect companion to Michigan Trees
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1.
Revised Edition
A perfect companion to Michigan Trees
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My Bumbling Quest to Become a Birder and Find a Rare Bird on My Own
Memoirist Bob Tarte returns with another hilarious look into his birdbrained world
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My Bumbling Quest to Become a Birder and Find a Rare Bird on My Own
Memoirist Bob Tarte returns with another hilarious look into his birdbrained world
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Michigan’s Boat-Building Industry, 1865-2000
An entertaining study of how Michigan put American boat building on the map
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Michigan’s Boat-Building Industry, 1865-2000
An entertaining study of how Michigan put American boat building on the map
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4. 
The Landmark Ann Arbor Blues Festivals
Never-before-seen photographs—with text accompaniment—of the performers onstage and backstage at the legendary Ann Arbor Blues Festival
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5. 
Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town
A gripping account of the mysterious disappearance of a young nun in a northern Michigan town and the national controversy that followed when she turned up dead and buried in the basement of the church
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5.
Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town
A gripping account of the mysterious disappearance of a young nun in a northern Michigan town and the national controversy that followed when she turned up dead and buried in the basement of the church
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America's First School Bombing
A gripping account of America's first—and largest—school mass murder
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America's First School Bombing
A gripping account of America's first—and largest—school mass murder
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7. 
The First Michigan-Ohio Rivalry
How a thin strip of land between the state of Ohio and Michigan started a war
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The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries
An illustrated book about the visionary, risky, and influential business of transporting loaded railroad cars across Lake Michigan
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The story of the internationally renowned Chelsea Milling Company—a trailblazer in the packaged-food industry
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10. 
The Forgotten Wildness of the Rural Midwest
A masterfully written collection that establishes a new voice for the spirit of the upper Midwest and Michigan and offers a fresh look at the landscape as well as the everyday lives of the people who make up the region's small communities
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11. 
A Biography of G. Mennen Williams
1st Edition
The first complete biography of G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams, former governor of Michigan
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A Biography of G. Mennen Williams
The first complete biography of G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams, former governor of Michigan
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12. 
The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll
A narrative history of the birth of rock 'n' roll in Detroit
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The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll
A narrative history of the birth of rock 'n' roll in Detroit
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The stories of the Michigan childhood of a girl of both Anishinaabeg and English descent
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The stories of the Michigan childhood of a girl of both Anishinaabeg and English descent
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Moving stories of struggle, survival, love, and hope from a 1930s northern Michigan Native American community
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The story of the woman who helped create the modern American quilting revival
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16. 
From Gnomes to Now
An illustrated history of one of the greatest success stories in the American beverage industry
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From Gnomes to Now
An illustrated history of one of the greatest success stories in the American beverage industry
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17. 
Early Baseball in Michigan
This detailed history of early baseball in rural Michigan focuses on the evolution of America's pastime from child's game to organized sport and challenges the notion that baseball's development was strictly an East Coast phenomenon
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