Published by Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI, 1986, 1988, 2nd edition. Cover is black with gold lettering on front and spine. Pages are clean and tight. Lavishly illustrated with 100+ b/w photos, as well as b/w map drawings of Michigan, showing the location of the town referenced. Edited by Marcia Joy Prouse, intro by Thomas BeVier. Published jointly by the Detroit Free Press and Historical Society of Michigan. Chapters are: People of Character; Hard-Work Ethic; A Love of the Land; Joys of Youth; Celebrations; Tradition Lives on; index. Oversized, 4#. ; B&W Photographs; 9 1/4 x 12; 205 pages; Cover has some light bumping and edge wear; bottom corner of first 10 leafs have a bit of a shallow crease. DJ has some edge wear, bumping, rubbing/scuffing; in a mylar cover.

Michigan  History;  American  History;  Cultural  History;  Social  History;  Urban  Life;  Photojournalism;  Photographers;  Photography;  Michigan;