Joe Grimm of the Detroit Free Press has combined a fascinating collection of old family letters, diaries, journals, photos, and other memorabilia in this rare glimpse at Michigan's past. Based on a series of articles that appeared in the "Chronicles" column of the Detroit Free Press Sunday magazine from 1985 to 1987, Michigan Voices introduces the reader to a more personal side of the state's history. Excerpts from historical documents include Cadillac's proposal of 1700 to establish Detroit and Roger Andrews' crusade for an independent Upper Peninsula in 1916. Among the chronicles Grimm has uncovered are humorous letters from a World War I recruit, an engaging series of correspondences between a Flint schoolgirl and Detroit Mayor Frank Murphy during the Great Depression, and an interview with Kenneth C. Welch, the revolutionary architect and planner who developed the mall/shopping center concept in 1946.

Michigan Voices: Our State's History in the Words of the People Who Lived It (Great Lakes Books)

Detroit Free Press

Reference

Wayne State University Press

Bad Boys

Encore: How the Pistons Earned Their Sweet Repeat

Detroit Free Press, Incorporated

This commerorative edition celebrates the Detoit Tigers move to Comerica park. Written by the succesful team at the Detroit Free Press, who also produced THE CORNER: A Century of Memories at Michigan and Trumbull, this book is a fitting tribute to the old tiger Stadium and and it's center gatefold section of the new Comerica park makes it the perfect guide to the new stadium.

Corner to Copa: The last Game at Tiger Stadium and the First at Comerica Park

Sports & Outdoors

Baseball

Triumph Books

In a single moment, an entire career reputation can be sealed and a franchise’s history cemented thanks to a last-second, game-winning finish, and this book chronicles 50 of the most memorable finishes in Detroit sports. Vibrant four-color photos, statistics, quotes, and stories offer fresh details on some of the most famous events in Detroit sports history, including the Pistons’ Vinnie Johnson sealing Detroit’s second straight NBA championship against the Blazers in 1990, Michigan’s last-second touchdown to defeat previously unbeaten Penn State at the Big House in October 2005, and Stevie Y’s 55-footer to lead the Detroit Red Wings over the St. Louis Blues in the second overtime of Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals. For those sports fans too young to have seen these famous moments or for those who wish to relive them over and over again, this encyclopedia of sporting greatness is a must-have for all passionate Detroit fans.

Not Till the Fat Lady Sings: Detroit: The Most Dramatic Finishes in Detroit Sports History

The Captain: Steve Yzerman: 22 Seasons, 3 Cups, 1 Team

Hockey

The impossibly, incredibly, indisputably true story of how the Detroit Tigers jumped to the top of the American League almost overnight.

Roar Restored: Detroit Tigers ‘06

Pediment Publishing presents Michigan State University's football season of glory. This limited edition hard-cover commemorative book chronicles the magical 2013 Spartan football season, Big Ten Championship and Rose Bowl victory from the staffs of the Lansing State Journal and Detroit Free Press.

Coming up Roses

Lansing State Journal

Football (American)

Pediment Publishing

Mr. March 20 Years of Spartans Glory Tom Izzo

The Detroit Free Press is proud to present a beautiful, hardcover historic retrospective of Detroit. This collector's book features memories of Detroit from the late 1800s through 1939 in stunning historic photographs. We are excited to partner with the Detroit Public Library, the Walter P. Reuther Library (WSU), and the Detroit Historical Society on this project and will feature images from their wonderful archives. We will also feature images from you, our readers, in this unique, heirloom-quality, coffee-table book that truly captures the rich heritage of our city.

Detroit Memories

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