This
week is all about exploring our history and surroundings. These new titles at
the Peter White Public Library all focus on the UP and Michigan.
The
latest book from NMU Professor of History Dr. Magnaghi. This 209-page book, wrapped
in the colors of a well-worn flannel shirt, tells an all-encompassing history
of the Upper Peninsula. The topics it covers include pre-history, first nations,
geology, mining, lumber, fishing, and other industry, as well as how the UP
formed a cultural identity as it bobbed along through world history.
New
non-fiction 977.49 MA
A
very self-explanatory title. How many of the 100 things have you done? Author
Usitalo’s family hails from the UP, and she resides in Naubinway. She also
edits for Experience Michigan magazine and writes about Michigan for a variety
of sources.
New
non-fiction 917.749 US
Grown-Up
Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet
Massacre of 1913 by Daniel Wolff.
This
book is about much more than the events at the Italian Hall in Calumet. It
weaves together over a century of accounts of the struggles between haves and
have-nots, and the directed efforts to change those circumstances. This is what
the author calls “grown-up anger”. He then combines them with the musical backdrop
of Dylan and Guthrie, who transformed events into cultural touchstones.
New
non-fiction 782.4216 WO
Detroit
1967: Origins, Impacts, Legacies.
This
summer marks the 50th anniversary of one of the largest civil
disturbances in United States history. With contributions from over two dozen
writers, Detroit 1967 attempts to dissect and confront the difficult history of
Detroit in the summer of 67, examining the history of Detroit far before 1967,
and the decades that followed. Joel Stone, Senior Curator with the Detroit
Historical Society is the editor, and also a contributor.
New
non-fiction 303.623 DE
A
biography and collection of law enforcement tales drawing from the author’s
25-years with the MSP, and as a township patrolman beginning in 1976. While
serving with the State Police at the Northville Post, he attended the Detroit
College of Law in the evenings. Includes many vivid accounts, giving a candid
look into the profession.
New
non-fiction 363.2 MU
--Bruce MacDonald, Technical Services Librarian
--Bruce MacDonald, Technical Services Librarian
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