By Marcia Lee
Serials Specialist
As with every other season here in Michigan, I am always reminded how much I love living in such a naturally beautiful state, as spring time sets in. My reminder today came in the form of a family of geese (3 babies sandwiched between mom and dad) as they made their way across the street in front of me. However, beyond the spring time, this time of year also brings another celebration of Michigan –the “Night for Notables.”
This Saturday, April 28th, Library of Michigan will be putting on this event to recognize great talents from our heritage and related to our great state. Books written to share perspective on Michigan’s history, the state’s triumphs and struggles, beauty, and even fiction that is based in the Mitten state are highlighted.
Click here to find out more about this event.
Additionally, below is a list of books being recognized at the Night for Notables which can also be found on the shelf here at the GRCC Library:
- Elly Peterson: “Mother” of the Moderates by Sara Fitzgerald
- Everyday Klansfolk: White Protestant Life and the KKK in 1920s Michigan by Craig Fox
- Ghost Writers: Us Haunting Them edited by Keith Taylor and Laura Kasischke
- Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn’t Want to Be One by Mark Kurlansky
- Here Comes Trouble: Stories from my life by Michael Moore
- In Stitches: A Memoir by Anthony Youn with Alan Eisenstock
- Jacobson’s: I Miss It So! The story of a Michigan Fashion Institution by Bruce Allen Kopytek
- Michigan and the Civil War: a Great and Bloody Sacrifice by Jack Dempsey
- Misery Bay by Steve Hamilton
- Miss Martin Is a Martian by Colleen Murray Fisher, illustrated by Jared Chapma
- Motor City Shakedown by D. E. Johnson
- A nation’s hope: the story of boxing legend Joe Louis by Matt De La Pena, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Once upon a car: the fall and resurrection of America’s big three auto makers–GM, Ford, and Chrysler by Bill Vlasic
- Vintage views of the Charlevoix-Petoskey region by M. Christine Byron and Thomas R. Wilson
