This weeks book has no ties to Flint, other than the fact its author, a Fulbright Scholar, John Stephen Ellis is a Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Flint. In this 2016 biography, Owen Rhoscomyl (part of the “Writers of Wales” series by the University of Wales Press), John S. Ellis provides a literary… Read More Owen Rhoscomyl by John S Ellis – Flint Book of the Week
Voltairine de Cleyre (1866–1912)Born April 12, 1866, Leslie, Michigan, USADied June 20, 1912, Chicago, Illinois, USA (due to kidney failure)Anarchist essayist, orator, poet, and leading figure in American individualist and non-sectarian anarchism.Thomas Paine, Henry David Thoreau, Mary Wollstonecraft, and the Haymarket Affair.Voltairine de Cleyre was one of the most eloquent and influential thinkers in the… Read More Poems of Voltairine de Cleyre by Voltairine de Cleyre – Rostie Publishing
This historical account traces the Garland Street Literary Club, one of Flint, Michigan’s oldest continuous women’s organizations, from its founding in 1888 through its first 100 years. The book recounts how seven women—wives of prominent local figures—began meeting in a home on Garland Street with the goal of intellectual self-improvement, research, and discussion rather than… Read More And Fellow Members: A History of the Garland Street Literary Club of Flint, Michigan, 1888–1988 by Alice Lethbridge – Flint Book of the Week
Headlight Flashes Along the Grand Trunk Railway: Flint, Michigan (1896) is a promotional and descriptive booklet produced by the Grand Trunk Railway as part of its late-19th-century publicity series highlighting communities served by the line. The Flint installment presents the city as a rapidly developing industrial and commercial center, emphasizing its strategic importance within Michigan… Read More Headlight Flashes Along the Grand Trunk Railway: Flint, Michigan – Rostie Publishing
Published in 1985 by the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Flint, Inc.. Softcover with a limited printing.The book is a biography profile of Joseph Ryder, a figure known as “one of the first national leaders of the Big Brothers movement.”The work provides firsthand accounts, organizational history, and personal reflections on Joseph Ryder’s role in shaping… Read More JOE RYDER by PHILIP J. BRAUN – Flint Book of the Week
Off Balance is a collection of approximately 175 true courtroom anecdotes drawn from the decades-long legal and judicial career of Judge John L. Conover. Co-written with his wife, Karen D. Conover, the book blends humor, introspective commentary, and a candid look at the unpredictable reality of life inside district courtrooms.The book recounts a wide spectrum… Read More Off Balance by John L. Conover – Flint Book of the Week
Ramblings of an Old Coot 