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…
And Fellow Members: A History of the Garland Street Literary Club of Flint, Michigan, 1888–1988 by Alice Lethbridge – Flint Book of the Week
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…
Our Wild Irish Rose: The Story of Mary Ann Kennedy by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing
Mary Ann Kennedy traveled from Ireland to America in 1906 as an indentured servant. While spending her days of servitude in North Bend, Nebraska, she met the love of her…
Keep readingGeneral Baptist Roots in Flint, Michigan by Roy O Richard, Dayron Jones – Rostie Publishing
The General Baptist Denomination in Flint, MichiganAs you drive around Genesee County today, there is no want for Cannabis businesses. Almost every street corner seems to have a store or…
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Ramblings of an Old Coot 