Here are the 20 Michigan Notable Books for 2008
Andrew Norton
Each year the Michigan Notable Books selection committee puts together what they believe to be the 20 best books that are either about or take place in Michigan. Other qualifications are that the books could take place in Great Lakes region, be written by a Michigan native, or be written by a current Michigan resident. In case you missed out on the 2007 list - you can read this post from last year. I read quite a few of the 2007 books.
Without further ado, here are the 20 Michigan Notable Books for 2008:
- Alden B. Dow: Midwestern Modern
- Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project
- Elijah of Buxton
- The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam
- Fork in the Road with Eric Villegas
- From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries
- Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed
- Mackinac Bridge: A 50-Year Chronicle, 1957- 2007
- "My Brave Mechanics:" The First Michigan Engineers and Their Civil War
- One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II
- Paper Tiger: One Athlete's Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football
- A Primer on Parallel Lives
- The Red Parts: A Memoir
- Returning to Earth
- Sailing Grace
- The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
- Stealing Buddha's Dinner: A Memoir
- Sweety Pies: An Uncommon Collection of Womanish Observations, with Pie
- Up in Honey's Room
- Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations With Gerald R. Ford