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Detroit history2001 Award of Merit from theHistorical Society of Michigan2001 Michigan NOTABLE bookAs Selected by the Library of Michigan2002 Read Michigan SelectionFrontier MetropolisPicturing Early Detroit,1701–1838Brian Leigh Dunnigan“This is the magnum opus ofDetroit’s anniversary year. . . .Thebook is a work of art and a scholar’sdelight . . . a must for anyone interestedin Detroit history.”—Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press2001 / 18 x 13 / 256 pp / 260 illusISBN 978-0-8143-2767-8$125.00s SALE! $75.00s clothenter code RD13 at checkoutLimited Deluxe Edition protected ina slipcase, numbered, and signed:$300.00s SALE! $150.00senter code RD13 at checkoutPublished with the assistance of the AmbassadorBridge and the Wilkinson FoundationGreat Lakes Books Series2001 Award of Merit from theHistorical Society of MichiganThis Is Detroit,1701–2001An Illustrated HistoryArthur M. Woodford“lluminates Detroit’s rich heritage andcentral importance—especially duringthe twentieth century, when our giftsto the world were nothing less thanthe auto industry, collective bargaining,the Arsenal of Democracy, andMotown music.”—Dennis W. Archer, former mayor ofthe city of Detroit2001 / 8.5 x 11 / 320 pp / 363 illusISBN 978-0-8143-2914-6$54.95l clothGrateful acknowledgment is made to the CommunityFoundation for Southeastern Michiganand Detroit 300Great Lakes Books SeriesWolf in Sheep’sClothingThe Search for a Child KillerTommy McIntyreIn 1976 and 1977, two boys andtwo girls, ages ten through twelve,were brutally murdered in Michigan’sOakland County. Their deaths triggeredthe largest murder investigationthe state had seen, recounted in thisvolume.1998 / 6 x 9 / 232 pp / 11 illusISBN 978-0-8143-1989-5$19.95l paperGreat Lakes Books Series2004 Michigan Notable bookAs Selected by the Library of MichiganA Hanging in DetroitStephen Gifford Simmonsand the Last Execution underMichigan LawDavid G. Chardavoyne“A very readable book on an obscureyet important event in Michigan history.Solid research and a straightforwardwriting style that is free of a lotof legal jargon successfully debatesthe issue of capital punishment in thenineteenth century.”—David Lee Poremba, Burton HistoricalCollection2003 / 6 x 9 / 264 pp / 11 illusISBN 978-0-8143-3132-3$44.95s clothISBN 978-0-8143-3133-0$26.95s paperISBN 978-0-8143-3739-4 eGreat Lakes Books SeriesWhen You ComeHomeA Wartime Courtship inLetters, 1941– 45Edited by Robert E. QuirkRobert E. Quirk and his future wife,Marianne, were both Wayne StateUniversity students when they metand fell in love in 1941, but they werequickly parted when Quirk was drafted.This volume shares the letters they exchangedduring World War II, revealingglimpses of life in the 1940s and theimpact of war at home and abroad.2007 / 7 x 10 / 400 pp / 8 illusISBN 978-0-8143-3334-1$26.95l paperISBN 978-0-8143-3558-1 eGreat Lakes Books SeriesFor the Good ofthe ChildrenA History of the Boys and GirlsRepublicGay Pitman Zieger“Gay Zieger has written an informativeand very readable history of a notablechildren’s institution..”—LeRoy Ashby, Professor of History,Washington State UniversityTells the story of the Boys and GirlsRepublic of Farmington Hills and thehumanitarians in the Detroit areawho offered comfort to delinquent orabused children.2003 / 6 x 9 / 272 pp / 23 illusISBN 978-0-8143-3086-9$34.95l clothGreat Lakes Books Series24Wayne State University Press regional Books