Dearborn, Michigan

by Craig Hutchison, Dearborn Historical Museum, Kimberly Rising, et al.

Book Overview

A history of Dearborn, Michigan with archival photos. A must for Dearbornites and anyone else who loves this city. From a historical perspective, there have been many eras, transitions, people, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1531614531
• ISBN13: 9781531614539
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

The pictures are worth a thousand words!

This book chronicles the history of Dearborn from its earliest settlement to the present day. Each chapter begins with a brief essay followed by photographs that tell the story of this community. It is clear that the images were skillfully selected; for many of them, a picture is truly worth a thousand words. I think my personal favorite (though it is hard to choose) is a photograph of farmers washing their sheep in the river before shearing them, as opposed to washing the wool afterwards. That is just one of the many wonderful images presented in this book. Along with the pictures, the writing is very clear and provides the needed background to understand the story told by the photos. All in all, this is a wonderful publication, and even those (like me) who are not natives of Dearborn will find plenty of interest within this short book.