Books Received
2006; Volume: 32; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/mhr.2006.0040
ISSN2327-9672
Autores Tópico(s)American History and Culture
ResumoBooks Received Arnett, Marvin V. Pieces from Life's Crasy Quilt. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. Pp. 175. Cloth, $26.95. Arnett provides us with an insightful memoir of her Detroit upbringing in the 1930s and 1940s. This work is also a larger social history of amajor urban African-American community from the Great Depression through the 1943 Detroit race riot. Beasecker, Robert, ed. 'IHope toDo My Country Service": The Civil War Letters of John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2005. Pp. 409. Cloth, $54.95. These letters by a Centreville, Michigan, military surgeon provide a firsthand account of the Civil War. Bennitt describes medical challenges and batde scenes, as well as making several personal observations, while chronicling the 19th Michigan Infantry's diverse wartime experiences. Bruins, Elton J. et al.Albertus and Christina: The Van Raalte Family, Home and Roots. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2004. Pp. 250. Cloth, $25.00. This extensive work traces the genealogy of Albertus Van Raalte and Christina De Moen, whose descendants became perhaps the leading family in Dutch immigration to western Michigan. Albertus and Christina is heavily illustrated and includes an interesting description of the family home as well as accounts of various personal papers. Clements, David. Talking Shops: Detroit Commerdal Folk Art. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. 2005. Pp. 173. Cloth, $35.95. Photographer David Clements presents a unique picture of downtown Detroit. His photographs document artistic creations on buildings that advertise food, entertainment, religion, and other goods and services throughout the city. 154 Michigan Historical Review Dyer, Joyce. Gum-Dipped: A Daughter Remembers Rubber Town. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, 2003. Pp. 223. Cloth, $27.95; paper, $13.95. This work is amemoir about growing up in Akron, Ohio. The author's father was a long-time employee of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, and Joyce Dyer writes a bittersweet social history of an industry in decline and the impact this decline had on her family. Ebert, Robert R., James R. Neal, and Timothy P. Fijalkovich. The World's Toughest Truck: The Reo/Diamond Reo Story. Yellow Springs, Ohio: Driveline Publishing, 2006. Pp. 160. Paper, $24.95. This book is a history of truck manufacturing at the Reo Motor Car Company (later Diamond Reo) from 1910 to its demise in the 1970s. The World's Toughest Truck is heavily illustrated and details both the company's triumphs and its financial problems. Grimm, Joe, ed. Songquest: The Journals of Great Lakes Folklorist Ivan H. Walton. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2005. Pp. 255. Paper, $27.95. This lively collection from the journals of Ivan Walton was selected by University of Michigan professor Joe Grimm. Walton traveled extensively, and his writings drew upon the songs and stories of Great Lakes sailors during the Great Depression. Laurie, Bruce. Beyond Garrison: Antislavery and Social Reform. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. 340. Cloth, $65.00; paper, $23.99. The author finds widespread grassroots activism throughout antebellum Massachusetts. Even more so than the well-known William Lloyd Garrison, this activism was responsible for the unusual (for the time) decisions Massachusetts made to grant black male suffrage, to protect fugitive slaves from federal laws, and to embrace third-party politics before the Civil War. Books Received 155 Lewis, Carolyn Baker, ed. The Winter Sailor: Fran?s R. Stebbins onFlorida's Indian River, 1878-1888. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2004. Pp. 220. Cloth, $60.00; paper, $29.95. Francis R. Stebbins, a nineteenth-century Michigan writer, wintered in Florida for a decade. He recounted his travels along the Indian River in numerous articles for his hometown newspaper inAdrian. Stebbins's observations contributed to the rise of tourism in Florida. Liebner, Mary Davis, ed. Out of theWilderness: Trenary Area Pioneers and Their Stories:A Community and Family History of theMathias Township Area from the Late 1800s to 2003. Cheboygan, Mich.: Mary D. Liebner, 2005. Pp. 336. Cloth, $30.00. Out of theWilderness is a local and family history of Alger County, which is in the heart of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is filled with anecdotes, stories, and illustrations. For purchase information, contact the Alger County Historical...
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