PhotoBooks Michigan

Michigan ranks fourth in the country for intra-tourism (tourism within a state), and is the fifth most popular tourist destination in the U.S. Michigan: The Spirit of the Land captures the landscapes, the legends, and the lore that make this state such a popular spot.

Michigan: The Spirit of the Land is an artistic photographic tour of Michigan accompanied by colorful, anecdotal, poetic text. From the lower peninsula through the Straits of Mackinac, to the upper peninsula and Isle Royale, this book shows readers all the state's natural wonders. For Michigan residents, visitors of Michigan, and armchair visitors.

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Take a drive through the Motor City and beyond with MICHIGAN. This latest addition to the very popular AMERICA SERIES captures the heart of this diverse state. Experience the rugged scenery of the Upper Peninsula as well as the excitement of cities filled with universities, festivals, and outdoor sports.

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During her time as an art student in New York City, Mary Keithan never imagined that one day she would drive the state of Michigan's labyrinthine back roads in search of architectural subjects for her photographs. But, in 1990, shortly after acquiring an 8" x 10" view camera, she began just such an odyssey. In the process she captured on film and preserved images of the rural landscape's most endangered visual treasures, its aging, historic barns.

Many of her "subjects" are in poor condition; many no longer stand. And while we might expect a photographic series on aging barns to be a sad chronicle of America's rural decline, instead Keithan gives us a visual story of endurance and perseverance, of a way of life that in our modern times continues to thrive. What Keithan has captured with her camera and presented in Michigan's Heritage Barns is enriched with her own narrative, often including interesting histories from the barn owners themselves. Photographs from most of Michigan's eighty counties are included to create a collection that celebrates Michigan's rural heritage as no other does."

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Completed in 1848, the Illinois & Michigan Canal stretched from Lake Michigan at Chicago's Navy Pier to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru. PRAIRIE PASSAGE commemorates the canal's 150th anniversary with 250 stunning photographs, many by the renowned Edward Ranney, and Preface by BLUE HIGHWAYS author William Least Heat-Moon. Tony Hiss's introductory text recounts the saga of the once mighty waterway. 250 photos.

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Both the wild Upper Peninsula and the developed areas of the state reveal their charms in this spectacular book.

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This text focuses on the working people who, in the first three decades of the 20th century, made Detroit into one of the world's great industrial cities. Telling their stories through photographs with captions explaining its content and context, it examines the world as they lived and changed it.

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