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Read Michigan, a list of recommended books about Michigan or by Michigan authors, was established in 1991 in cooperation with the Great Lakes Booksellers Association and the Historical Society of Michigan.
The Detroit Tigers : a pictorial celebration of the greatest players and moments in Tigers' history by William M. Anderson, Dimond Communications.
Traveling Through Time edited by Laura R. Ashlee, Bureau of History, Michigan Historical Commission, Michigan Department of State
Terrifying Steamboat Stories : true tales of shipwreck, death, and disaster on the Great Lakes by James Donahue, Altwerger & Mandel Publishing Co.
Michigan Out-Of-Doors : an almanac in pictures, prose, and poetry edited by Kenneth S. Lowe ; line drawings by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen, Michigan United Conservation Clubs
Wild Lake Michigan by John and Ann Mahan, Voyageur Press
Stewards of the state : the governors of Michigan by George Weeks ; edited by Robert D. Kirk and Thomas L. Jones ; contributing authors, Paula L. Blanchard, Don Weeks, Historical Society of Michigan
Great Lakes and great ships : an illustrated history for children by John Mitchell and Tom Woodruff, Suttons Bay