Creating An Industry by Doehler Die Casting Co. – Rostie Publishing
Creating an Industry is a historical and promotional work published in 1916 by the Doehler Die-Casting Company that explains how the die-casting process developed from its earliest roots into a major part of the metal-working trade. The book traces the early history of metal casting — from ancient and medieval practices through the rise of…
Owen Rhoscomyl by John S Ellis – Flint Book of the Week
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…
Poems of Voltairine de Cleyre by Voltairine de Cleyre – Rostie Publishing
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…
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.…
Keep readingMy Blue Book of Poems Second Series by Cora Oma Long – Rostie Publishing
The third of Cora’s books. A few reprints from previous publications.Cora Oma Long, a poet from Flint, Michigan in the 1920’s.Born: 12 Jul 1868, Michigan, USADeath: 24 May 1950 (aged…
Keep readingMy Blue Book of Original Poems by Cora Oma Long – Rostie Publishing
Poems from Mrs. Long of Flint, Michigan. Originally published in 1924Cora Oma Simons LongBorn: 12 Jul 1868, Michigan, USADeath: 24 May 1950 (aged 81) Genesee County, Michigan, USABurial: Mount Morris…
Keep readingEXCERTS FROM KARMENIA: WHAT THE SPIRIT TOLD ME by Lyman Stowe – Rostie Publishing
Lyman’s book is primarily a collection of short occult stories and alleged real experiences from the author’s life. Within the book, we find a blend of biography and occult experiences,…
Keep readingBlue Book Of Original Poems by Cora Oma Long – Rostie Publishing
Poetry by Cora Oma LongBorn: 12 Jul 1868 Michigan, USADeath: 24 May 1950 (aged 81) Genesee County, Michigan, USABurial: Mount Morris Cemetery Mount Morris, Genesee County, Michigan, USASpouses:James Nathaniel Wyant…
Keep readingSTORY TERRACE Paperback by Frances Elizabeth Atchinson (Bacon) – Rostie Publishing
“This play was written for a special occasion, Children’s Book Week, and first produced in my own branch with a cast of children that I knew intimately. Perhaps I had…
Keep readingTownsend Tinklings of Club No. 2, poems of Sarah Louks by Sarah Louks – Rostie Publishing
Poems by Flint, Michigan housewife, Sarah Louks (1862-1955).This work is dedicated and about the work of California physician Francis Townsend.He worked to establish an Old-Age Pension as part of America’s…
Keep readingGrand Blanc History in Rhyme by Edward Williams – Rostie Publishing
Originally published as what was surely an advertising gimmick, Newspaper Ad-man, Edward Williams wrote these pieces of poetry to describe the business’ and offices in Grand Blanc, Michigan.Published in 1930…
Keep readingThe White Rose by Frederick Harrington – Rostie Publishing
This story was told for the benefit of older people who still believe in fairies. It tells the origin of the bluebird, which has been considered by many to be…
Keep readingThe Gravediggers by Frederick Emmerson Brooks – Rostie Publishing
The Gravedigger, first published in 1916, was written by Fred Emmerson Brooks, an American poet and writer was born in New York in 1850.“Fred Emerson Brooks is one of the…
Keep readingChristmas Greetings from Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing
Collection of Holiday poems written by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill.Born in Lanton, Missouri in 1931. The only child of Eulis Kenslow and Minnie (Eldringhoff) Kenslow. She followed the love of her…
Keep readingRaking Leaves by Edith Rittenour – Rostie Publishing
Collection of poems written by Edith Rittenour of Flint Michigan, first published in 1938. Buy it on Amazon
Keep readingGrand Opera Philosophy of Life by Will Dennis – Rostie Publishing
15 poems from a Flint, Michigan author, who lived in Flint during the 1930s and 1940s.Buy it on Amazon
Keep readingGems of Posey: Poetry by Rev. George Drake Killeen – Rostie Publishing
Collection of 16 poems.Rev George Drake Killeen was born on March 8, 1851 in Waterloo, Seneca County, New York.He married Cornelia Rosalie “Nellie” Whaley on November 16, 1875. They had…
Keep readingJohn Scroggin’s First Visit at Chautauqua: A Poem by George F Beasley – Rostie Publishing
First published in 1899:”JOHN SCROGGIN was a farmer,Whom I met one time in Wayne;He was raw-boned, lean and lanky,And his neighbors thought him cranky;He was said to have a mighty…
Keep readingShafts from a Broken Bow: Poetry by Tom Howard – Rostie Publishing
Working in Flint, Michigan during the 1920s and 30s as a cigar maker and produce salesman, Tom Howard wrote these wonderful words of wit and wisdom.Buy it on Amazon
Keep readingMusings: Poems and Life by Gaylia Kenslow – Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing
I have been blessed with poets in my life; allow me to introduce you to one, Gaylia Kenslow – Stogsdill, my mother in-law. She was a great woman with a…
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Ramblings of an Old Coot 