Author: rostie06

Please the introduction at the top of my page My disclaimer: 1) Fist and most of all nothing in this blog is meant to represent anyone or anything real or actual. In other words it is fantasy, jest and whimsical thinking. 2) Hence then and next of all, I am not liable for remarks found to be offensive just because the country you live in sees it that way. 3) Did I mention the following? Nothing written here is factual or absolute. If you listen to this rambling, it’s your fault not mine. Or in other words, ‘Don’t try this at home.” 4) If some soul comments on my comments, it’s all on them. It’s their words after all. And I am sure that they too would claim this disclaimer in their own rights. 5) I’m the one writing this and it in no way represents the opinion of any person, organization or world power that I might be involved with. 6) Did I mention that I am not liable for anything found here? It don’t matter what religion, ethnic background, sex, organization, fellowship, planet, or any other tag you use to describe yourself, this is NOT a cheap shot at you. (See number 1 above) 7) I assume all graphics used here on these pages are public domain. If you have rights to them notify me and they will be removed at once. 8) Content is the property of Roy Richard unless otherwise noted

The Many and the Few: A Chronicle of the Dynamic Auto Workers by Henry Kraus – Flint Book of the Week

The Many and the Few is an insider’s chronicle of the pivotal United Automobile Workers (UAW) sit-down strike against General Motors in Flint, Michigan in 1936–1937, a defining moment in American labor history. The author, Henry Kraus, was himself a UAW activist and editor deeply involved in the events he recounts, giving the narrative both… Read More The Many and the Few: A Chronicle of the Dynamic Auto Workers by Henry Kraus – Flint Book of the Week

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Poems By Mrs. F.E. O’Dell by Francis O’Dell – Rostie Publishing

Poetry from Mrs. F.E. O’Dell of Flint, Michigan.About Frances Smith OdellBirth: 16 Jun 1846, Michigan, USADeath: 16 Feb 1927 (aged 80)Burial: Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, USAParents: William M. Smith Sr, 1823–1902Abigail Riddle Smith, 1824–1904Spouse: Frank Eldwood Odell, 1851–1924 (m. 1877)Siblings: Nancy Smith Funk Colby, 1850 – unknownWilliam M. Smith Jr, 1856 – unknownMrs.… Read More Poems By Mrs. F.E. O’Dell by Francis O’Dell – Rostie Publishing

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Midnight in Vehicle City: General Motors, Flint, and the Strike That Created the Middle Class by Edward McClelland – Flint Book of the Week

Midnight in Vehicle City is a narrative history of the 1936–1937 Flint Sit-Down Strike, a pivotal labor action that transformed American industry and helped give rise to the modern middle class. Centered in Flint, Michigan—also known as “Vehicle City” and the heart of General Motors’ manufacturing empire—the book chronicles how ordinary auto workers challenged one… Read More Midnight in Vehicle City: General Motors, Flint, and the Strike That Created the Middle Class by Edward McClelland – Flint Book of the Week

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Progressive Flint by Flint Chamber of Commerce – Rostie Publishing

Progressive Flint is a short Chamber-of-Commerce promotional guide aimed at business leaders, prospective industrial investors, civic boosters, and visitors. Its intent is to present Flint as a modern, growing, and business-friendly city — emphasizing industrial capacity, labor resources, transportation links, civic institutions, and recreational facilities to attract investment, conventions, and skilled workers.The tone is upbeat… Read More Progressive Flint by Flint Chamber of Commerce – Rostie Publishing

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Recollections of a Michigan Boyhood (Charles A. Branch) – Flint Book of the Week

Recollections of a Michigan Boyhood by Charles Andrew Branch, edited by Robert G. Schafer, was published by the University of Michigan–Flint Archives (in cooperation with the Genesee County Historical Society) in 1983; the edition runs ~162 pages. This is a first-person rural memoir: Branch pieces together a lifetime of memories about growing up in Genesee… Read More Recollections of a Michigan Boyhood (Charles A. Branch) – Flint Book of the Week

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A Pioneer History of the Township of Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Michigan by by Alvah Brainerd – Rostie Publishing

Alvah Brainerd’s A Pioneer History of the Township of Grand Blanc (originally published 1878) is a short, firsthand local history and collection of reminiscences about Grand Blanc Township from the perspective of an early resident. The book mixes chronological narrative with anecdote: it records the arrival and settlement of pioneer families (names, land entries, and… Read More A Pioneer History of the Township of Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Michigan by by Alvah Brainerd – Rostie Publishing

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Recalcitrance Volume 10: Thoughts on the Education of Daughters by Mary Wollstonecraft – Recalcitrance Publishing

Thoughts on the Education of Daughters is Mary Wollstonecraft’s early instructional treatise offering practical advice on how young women should be raised. Written before her major political works, the book argues that girls deserve a meaningful, rational education rather than the superficial accomplishments expected of them in 18th-century society.Wollstonecraft discusses topics such as reading, moral… Read More Recalcitrance Volume 10: Thoughts on the Education of Daughters by Mary Wollstonecraft – Recalcitrance Publishing

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The History of UAW Local 659: We Make Our Own History (1993) – Flint Book of the Week

The History of UAW Local 659 is a union-produced historical volume documenting the origins, struggles, triumphs, and community presence of UAW Local 659, one of Flint’s major General Motors locals. Compiled by Local 659’s History Committee and edited by members including Don Mosher and Al Anthony, the book serves as both a historical reference and… Read More The History of UAW Local 659: We Make Our Own History (1993) – Flint Book of the Week

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Music Makers from Mid-Michigan and Surrounding Areas, 1940s thru 1970s: Who Were They? (William R. Holtzapple) – Flint Book of the Week

Music Makers from Mid-Michigan and Surrounding Areas, 1940s thru 1970s: Who Were They? (William R. Holtzapple)Lulu.com / self-published (paperback, 2006). (~196–204 pages). A self-published, heavily illustrated local music reference and partial discography that documents recording artists, bands, studios, labels, and related people active in Mid-Michigan from roughly the 1940s through the 1970s. It is a… Read More Music Makers from Mid-Michigan and Surrounding Areas, 1940s thru 1970s: Who Were They? (William R. Holtzapple) – Flint Book of the Week

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Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line (Ben Hamper) – Flint Book of the Week

Rivethead is Ben Hamper’s darkly hilarious, brutally honest memoir about life as a “shop-rat” on General Motors’ assembly lines in Flint, Michigan. It captures the culture, chaos, humor, and despair of factory work in the 1970s and 1980s, told in Hamper’s signature voice—sharp, sarcastic, and unsparing.The book opens with Hamper’s childhood in a big Catholic… Read More Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line (Ben Hamper) – Flint Book of the Week

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