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Mt. Clemens, MI., The United States

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Alan Naldrett was an insurance agent for many years and soon had a wall full of sales awards and plaques. But as soon as his main topic of conversation was actuarial tables and all his friends had more than adequate insurance coverage and were all avoiding him he decided it was time for a change. Using his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State, after he turned fifty he acquired a couple of Master’s Degrees in Library and Information Science and Archival Science. He took a few anatomy, physiology, microbiology, and other relevant courses and became a medical librarian. He then spent many years as an academic librarian chastising college students about their literary choices and inadequate APA styling. Along the way he rediscovered an interes ...more

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	Lost Car Companies of Detroit 3.79 avg rating — 123 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forgotten Tales of Michigan's Lower Peninsula 3.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Towns of Eastern Michigan 3.68 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Poorhouses and Poor Farms of Michigan (Michigan History Book 1) by Alan Naldrett (Goodreads Author), David Blaine (Introduction) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Orphan Auto Companies 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Michigan's C. Harold Wills: The Genius Behind the Model T and the Wills Sainte Claire Automobile by Alan Naldrett (Goodreads Author), Lynn Lyon Naldrett, Terry Ernest (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In the early years of the auto industry, electric cars appeared to have a bright future. Even Henry Ford’s wife, Clara, had a Detroit Electric. In fact, the electric car was popular with women because it didn’t require turning a hand crank to get the engine running, didn’t make a lot of noise and didn’t have noxious gasoline odors.”
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