Ashley's votes on the list 50 Essential Michigan History Books

Listopia > Ashley's votes on the list 50 Essential Michigan History Books (54 Books)

1	At the Crossroads: Michilimackinac During the American Revolution by David A. Armour 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
2	Fishing the Great Lakes: An Environmental History, 1783-1933 by Margaret Beattie Bogue 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
3	The Women's Great Lakes Reader (Title Not in Series) by Victoria Brehm 4.05 avg rating — 63 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
4	The Old Northwest Pioneer Period: 1815-1840 by R. Carlyle Buley 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
5	Cornflake Crusade by Gerald Carson 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
6	Waiting for the Morning Train by Bruce Catton 3.89 avg rating — 209 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
7	Rites of Conquest: The History and Culture of Michigan's Native Americans by Charles E. Cleland 3.95 avg rating — 64 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
8	People of the Three Fires: The Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibway of Michigan by James A. Clifton 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
9	State of War: Michigan in World War II by Alan Clive 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
10	Detroit: Race and Uneven Development by Joe T. Darden 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
11	All Aboard! by Willis F. Dunbar really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
12	Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State by Willis F. Dunbar 3.91 avg rating — 93 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
13	Frontier Metropolis: Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838 by Brian Leigh Dunnigan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings Ashley rated it 4 stars See Review	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
14	Buildings of Michigan by Kathryn Bishop Eckert 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
15	"Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights": Michigan, 1948-1968 by Sidney Fine 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
16	Frank Murphy: The Detroit Years by Sidney Fine 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
17	Frank Murphy: The New Deal Years by Sidney Fine 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
18	Frank Murphy: The Washington Years by Sidney Fine 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
19	Sit-Down: The General Motors Strike of 1936-1937 by Sidney Fine 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
20	Violence in the Model City: The Cavanagh Administration, Race Relations, and the Detroit Riot of 1967 by Sidney Fine 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
21	The Birth of Mass Political Parties: Michigan, 1827-1861 by Ronald P. Formisano really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
22	The Territory of Michigan (1805-1837) by Alec R. Gilpin 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
23	The War of 1812 in the Old Northwest by Alec R. Gilpin 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
24	Yankee West: Community Life on the Michigan Frontier by Susan E. Gray 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings Ashley rated it 3 stars See Review	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
25	Retrieving Michigan's Buried Past The Archaeology of the Great Lakes States by Halsey John R. Editor liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
26	Reform in Detroit: Hazen S. Pingree and Urban Politics by Melvin G. Holli 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
27	The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes (Great Lakes Books) by Charles K. Hyde really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings Ashley rated it 4 stars See Review	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
28	Eighty Acres: Elegy for a Family Farm (The Condord Library Series) by Ronald Jager 4.01 avg rating — 67 ratings Ashley rated it 3 stars See Review	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
29	Deep Woods Frontier: A History of Logging in Northern Michigan (Great Lakes Books) by Theodore J. Karamanski 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
30	Before the ghetto; black Detroit in the nineteenth century by David M. Katzman 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings Ashley rated it 4 stars See Review	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
31	The Making of Michigan 1820-1860: A Pioneer Anthology (Great Lakes Books) by Justin L. Kestenbaum (editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
32	Michigan's Lumbertowns: Lumbermen and Laborers in Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon, 1870-1905 (Great Lakes Books) by Jeremy W. Kilar really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
33	Lewis Cass and the Politics of Moderation by Willard Carl Klunder 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
34	Cradle to Grave: Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines by Larry Lankton 4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
35	The Public Image of Henry Ford: An American Folk Hero and His Company by David Lanier Lewis 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
36	The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit: Walter Reuther And The Fate Of American Labor by Nelson Lichtenstein 4.04 avg rating — 96 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
37	Rum Running and the Roaring Twenties: Prohibition on the Michigan-Ontario Waterway (Great Lakes Books) by Philip P. Mason 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings Ashley rated it 3 stars See Review	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
38	A Most Unique Machine: The Michigan Origins of the American Automobile Industry by George S. May 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
39	Ford: The Times, the Man, the Company by Allan Nevins really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
40	Ford: Expansion and Challenge 1915-1933 by Allan Nevins it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
41	Ford: Decline and rebirth, 1933-1962 by Allan Nevins 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
42	Pontiac and the Indian Uprising by Howard Henry Peckham 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
43	Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Great Lakes Books) by Walter Romig 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
44	The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit by Thomas J. Sugrue 4.24 avg rating — 2,226 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
45	Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History (Volume 174) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) by Helen Hornbeck Tanner 4.05 avg rating — 37 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
46	Life for Us Is What We Make It: Building Black Community in Detroit, 1915-1945 by Richard W. Thomas 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
47	Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes (Great Lakes Books) by Mark L. Thompson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
48	Strangers and Sojourners: A History of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula (Great Lakes Books) by Arthur W. Thurner 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
49	Settling the Great Lakes Frontier: Immigration To Michigan, 1837-1924 by C. Warren Vander Hill liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Ashley rated it 4 stars See Review	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
50	For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925 by JoEllen McNergney Vinyard 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
51	Stewards of the State the Governors of Michigan by George Weeks 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
52	The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650 - 1815 by Richard White 4.10 avg rating — 1,292 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
53	This Is Detroit, 1701-2001: An Illustrated History (Great Lakes Books) by Arthur M. Woodford really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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
54	The Changing Face of Inequality: Urbanization, Industrial Development, and Immigrants in Detroit, 1880-1920 by Olivier Zunz 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings Ashley added it to to-read See Review	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