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Metawaneenee Hills Sales Brochure from The Farm Reality Company, 1910: A Community in Flint, Michigan – Rostie Publishing

Brochure printed by The Farm Reality Company in 1910 and designed by architect William Pitkin. Edited and prepared for publishing by Roy RichardHistory of Metawaneenee HillsThe Metawaneenee Hills community in Flint, Michigan, was developed by the Farm Realty Company around 1910. It was created during a period of intense growth in Flint, driven by the… Read More Metawaneenee Hills Sales Brochure from The Farm Reality Company, 1910: A Community in Flint, Michigan – Rostie Publishing

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STORY 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 certain of them in mind as I wrote the parts. It was “tried out” both in Pittsburgh and Evansville. Its suitability as a short play… Read More STORY TERRACE Paperback by Frances Elizabeth Atchinson (Bacon) – Rostie Publishing

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Fairy Tales for Workers’ Children by HERMINIA ZUR MÜHLEN (Author), LYDIA GIBSON (Illustrator), IDA DAILES (Translator) – Rostie Publishing

You have read many fairy tales, some of them very beautiful and some that frightened you with their horrible giants and goblins. But never, I am sure, have you read such lovely stories about real everyday things. You see poor people suffering around you every day; some of you have yourselves felt how hard it… Read More Fairy Tales for Workers’ Children by HERMINIA ZUR MÜHLEN (Author), LYDIA GIBSON (Illustrator), IDA DAILES (Translator) – Rostie Publishing

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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 life. She and Herman Gutch were married and had started a family when, one Easter morning, tragedy struck. Life changes and opportunities appear. Mary Ann… Read More Our Wild Irish Rose: The Story of Mary Ann Kennedy by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing

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General 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 grow facility. This was not the case when I was growing up. Flint during the 1950s to the 1980s was filled with Coney Islands, Banks… Read More General Baptist Roots in Flint, Michigan by Roy O Richard, Dayron Jones – Rostie Publishing

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FLINTOID: A Collection of Poems About the Vehicle City by Roy O Richard, Sarah Louks, Ralph H Marlatt, Katherine Cary-Place, and Gaylia Kenslow-Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing

A Collection of Poems About the Vehicle CityIn memory of all those who made and continue to make this place home.The industrial city of Flint sits on the banks of the Flint River, a significant source of commerce and transportation for the Ojibwe Nation. The river, called Biiwaanagoonh-ziibi or Flinty River by those earlier people,… Read More FLINTOID: A Collection of Poems About the Vehicle City by Roy O Richard, Sarah Louks, Ralph H Marlatt, Katherine Cary-Place, and Gaylia Kenslow-Stogsdill – Rostie Publishing

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Townsend 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 recovery from the Depression. His followers numbered up to 750,000. From their work, President Roosevelt developed the Social Security plan.Townsend’s plan would have paid each… Read More Townsend Tinklings of Club No. 2, poems of Sarah Louks by Sarah Louks – Rostie Publishing

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Jukeboxer by Glen Armstrong – Rostie Publishing

In his fourth full-length collection of poems, Rustbelt Surrealist, Glen Armstrong, celebrates jazz, country western, and great heaps of rock and roll music. Here, he taps into the soundtrack of life itself with the newborn whistling “Dock of the Bay” as “a little piece / of everything [we’ve] ever loved / [goes] down over Lake… Read More Jukeboxer by Glen Armstrong – Rostie Publishing

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