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Great Lakes Books in Order
66
Books
1958
First Book
2020
Latest Book
63
Years
Below you'll find the complete list of Great Lakes books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Great Lakes series? Start with "Independent Man: The Life of Senator James Couzens (By: Harry Barnard,David L. Lewis)" (1958) and follow publication order through all 66 books.
The complete Great Lakes reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
1
Independent Man: The Life of Senator James Couzens (By: Harry Barnard,David L. Lewis)
1958
2
The Detroit Riot of 1967 (By: Hubert G. Locke)
1969
3
Waiting for the Morning Train (By: Bruce Catton,William B. Catton)
1972
4
Call It North Country (By: John Bartlow Martin)
1986
5
Danny and the Boys: Being Some Legends of Hungry Hollow (By: Robert Traver)
1987
6
Michigan Voices: Our State’s History in the Words of the People Who Lived It (By: Joe Grimm)
1987
7
Seasons of Grace: A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit (By: Leslie Woodcock Tentler,Edmund Cardinal Szoka)
1990
8
Cobb Would Have Caught It: The Golden Age of Baseball in Detroit (By: Richard Bak)
1991
9
John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance in the Early Republic (By: John D. Haeger)
1991
10
Queen of the Lakes (By: Mark L. Thompson)
1994
11
Turkey Stearnes and the Detroit Stars: The Negro Leagues in Detroit, 1919-1933 (By: Richard Bak)
1994
12
The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes (By: Charles K. Hyde,Ann Mahan,John Mahan)
1994
13
Redevelopment and Race: Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit (By: June Manning Thomas)
1997
14
The Long Winter Ends (By: Newton G. Thomas,William Mulligan)
1998
15
All-American Anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the Labor Movement (By: Carlotta R. Anderson)
1998
16
Toast of the Town: The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson (By: Sunnie Wilson,John Cohassey)
1998
17
Huron: The Seasons of a Great Lake (By: Napier Shelton)
1999
18
A Sailor's Logbook: A Season Aboard Great Lakes Freighters (By: Mark L. Thompson)
1999
19
"Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights": Michigan, 1948-1968 (By: Sidney Fine)
2000
20
Graveyard of the Lakes (By: Mark L. Thompson)
2000
21
Great Lakes Journey: A New Look at America's Freshwater Coast (By: William Ashworth)
2000
22
History of the Finns in Michigan (By: Armas K.E. Holmio,Ellen M. Ryynanen)
2001
23
Uppermost Canada: The Western District and the Detroit Frontier, 1800-1850 (By: R. Alan Douglas)
2002
24
Windjammers: Songs of the Great Lakes Sailors (By: Joe Grimm,Ivan Walton)
2002
25
Michigan's Early Military Forces: A Roster and History of Troops Activated Prior to the American Civil War (By: Leroy Barnett)
2003
26
Riding the Roller Coaster: A History of the Chrysler Corporation (By: Charles K. Hyde)
2003
27
The French Canadians of Michigan: Their Contribution to the Development of the Saginaw Valley and the Keweenaw Peninsula, 1840-1914 (By: Jean Lamarre)
2003
28
Beyond the Windswept Dunes: The Story of Maritime Michigan (By: Elizabeth B. Sherman)
2003
29
A Hanging in Detroit: Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution under Michigan Law (By: David Gardner Chardavoyne)
2003
30
Pulling Down the Barn: Memories of a Rural Childhood (By: Anne-Marie Oomen)
2004
31
To Keep the South Manitou Light (By: Anna Egan Smucker)
2004
32
The Dodge Brothers: The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy (By: Charles K. Hyde)
2005
33
Under Michigan: The Story of Michigan's Rocks and Fossils (By: Charles Ferguson Barker)
2005
34
My Forty Years With Ford (By: John Kenneth Galbraith)
2006
35
House of Fields: Memories of a Rural Education (By: Anne-Marie Oomen)
2006
36
A Pocketful of Passage (By: Loraine Campbell)
2007
37
Detroit on Stage: The Players Club, 1910-2005 (By: Marijean Levering)
2007
38
Life with Mae: A Detroit Family Memoir (By: Neal Shine)
2007
39
When You Come Home: A Wartime Courtship in Letters 1941-45 (By: Neal Shine,Robert E. Quirk)
2007
40
Who's Jim Hines? (By: Jean Alicia Elster)
2008
41
Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors (By: Charles K. Hyde)
2009
42
Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation (By: Anthony J. Yanik)
2009
43
Monopoly on Wheels: Henry Ford and the Selden Automobile Patent (With: David L. Lewis)
2011
44
The Fall and Recapture of Detroit in the War of 1812: In Defense of William Hull (By: Anthony J. Yanik)
2011
45
Lake Superior Profiles : People on the Big Lake (By: John Gagnon)
2012
46
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan: People, Law, and Politics (By: David G. Chardavoyne)
2012
47
Among the Enemy: A Michigan Soldier's Civil War Journal (By: Mark Hoffman,William Horton Kimball)
2013
48
The Political Activities of Detroit Clubwomen in the 1920s: A Challenge and a Promise (By: Jayne Morris-Crowther)
2013
49
The Colored Car (By: Jean Alicia Elster)
2013
50
Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War II (By: Charles K. Hyde)
2013
51
"Old Slow Town": Detroit during the Civil War (By: PaulTaylor)
2013
52
Great Girls in Michigan History (By: Patricia Majher)
2015
53
Young Henry Ford: A Picture History of the First Forty Years (By: Sidney Olsen)
2015
54
A Beaver Tale: The Castors of Conners Creek (By: Gerald Wykes)
2016
55
Lake Invaders: Invasive Species and the Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes (By: William Rapai)
2016
56
Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture (By: MichaelG.Smith)
2017
57
To the Copper Country: Mihaela's Journey (By: Barbara Carney-Coston)
2017
58
Roads to Prosperity: Economic Development Lessons from Midsize Canadian Cities (By: Gary S. Sands)
2017
59
Survival and Regeneration: Detroit’s American Indian Community (By: Edmund Jefferson Danziger Jr.)
2017
60
Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company (By: C. Roger Pellett)
2018
61
Bold Boys in Michigan History (By: Patricia Majher)
2018
62
Rosie, A Detroit Herstory (By: Bailey Sisoy Isgro)
2018
63
Greening the Black Urban Regime: The Culture and Commerce of Sustainability in Detroit (By: Alesia Montgomery)
2020
64
What the Chickadee Knows (By: Margaret Noodin)
2020
65
A Lincoln Legacy: The History of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (By: David Gardner Chardavoyne,Hugh W. Brenneman Jr)
2020
66
I Hope This Reaches You: An American Soldier’s Account of World War I (By: Hilary Connor)
2020
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