At the beginning of "Michigan Wildflowers in Color," the author has illustrated textual terms such as 'stipules' or 'basal leaves' with a collection of line drawings. The plant descriptions include location, seasonal display, height, and information on whether the flower is protected and should not be picked or moved. The flower photographs are grouped by color for ease of location and then listed in the order in which they appear during the growing season. There are generally six photographs to a page, with the text on the facing page. There is a quiz at the back of the book to test your 'flower power, plus an 'Observer's List' to keep track of the flowers you do find. Also, the author has also mapped out eight wildflower trails in various Michigan habitats, plus the seasonal species of flowers that can be found there.

Michigan Wildflowers in Color

Science & Math

Lund, Harry C.

Biological Sciences

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The former First Lady of Michigan speaks out about her private and public life, her husband's career, and the reasons for their divorce

Til Politics Do Us Part: A Political Wife's Declaration of Independence

Blanchard, Paula L.

Biographies & Memoirs

Still Michigan: Photographs of the Northwest Lower Peninsula

Arts & Photography

Scott, Ken

Photography & Video

Sleeping Bear: Yesterday and Today

History

Weeks, George

Americas

Columbus Today: A Portrait in Color

Kreminski, Ed

Reference

245 pp; collection of author's most popular stories about spectacular sinkings, explosions, fires and wrecks of steamboats on the Great Lakes beginning with the violent demise of the historic WALK-IN-THE-WATER in 1821 and ending with the mysterious foundering of the EDMUND FITZGERALD in 1975; in b &amp; w photo wraps

Terrifying Steamboat Stories: True Tales of Shipwreck, Death, and Disaster on the Great Lakes

Donahue, James

Don't Blame the Treaties: Native American Rights and the Michigan Indian Treaties

Pittman, Philip McM

Covington, George M.

Butcher's Dozen

Wakefield, Lawrence

This is a great book for anyone wanting to know the history of J.L. Hudson's Department Store. It's a must-have for Hudson memorabilia collectors. For generations, it was as synonymous with Christmas and fashion as it was Detroit. The store at Woodward and Gratiot avenues was absolutely massive, evolving with the Motor City until it became the tallest department store in the world. By the time it finished growing, the store's size almost defied belief. The store was 2,124,316 square feet, making it second in size among department stores to only Macy's in New York. Even then, Macy's is only 26,000 square feet bigger. The store was spread out over 32 floors: 25 floors, two half-floors, a mezzanine and four basements. At 410 feet, Hudson's was the tallest department store in the world. The building had 51 passenger elevators, 17 freight elevators, eight employee elevators and 48 escalators. Its largest freight elevator could accommodate a semi trailer. The store had 39 men's restrooms, 50 for women and 10 private ones for executives. The largest was a women's lounge on the fourth floor that had a whopping 85 stalls. Joseph Lowthian Hudson and his father were running a men's clothing store in the lumber town of Ionia, Mich., when the Panic of 1873 struck. When the sawmills were shuttered, their customers couldn't pay their bills. Then Hudson's father died. Three years later, Hudson went bankrupt, paying his creditors 60 cents on the dollar. Hudson dusted himself off and started over in Detroit. On April 2, 1881, Hudson opened his first store on the ground floor of the old Detroit Opera House. In 1888, he was so successful, he looked up all the creditors he had shorted in the bankruptcy proceedings 12 years earlier and paid them in full - with compound interest.

Hudson's: Hub of America's Heartland

Travel

Pitrone, Jean Maddern

Food, Lodging & Transportation

Journey of John Engler

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