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Kathleen
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Post Number: 1690
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Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 7:21 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Just in time for the holidays....Arcadia Publishing has recently published the following new books on Detroit:

Detroit's Mount Elliott Cemetery by Ceil Wendt Jensen. http://www.arcadiapublishing.c om/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Scre en=PROD&Store_Code=arcadia&Pro duct_Code=0738540935&Product_C ount=&Category_Code=

Detroit's Mount Olivet Cemetery by Ceil Wendt Jensen. http://www.arcadiapublishing.c om/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Scre en=PROD&Store_Code=arcadia&Pro duct_Code=0738540927&Product_C ount=&Category_Code=

Detroit's Woodmere Cemetery by Gail D. Hershenzon. http://www.arcadiapublishing.c om/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Scre en=PROD&Store_Code=arcadia&Pro duct_Code=0738541206&Product_C ount=&Category_Code=

Detroit's Downtown Movie Palaces by Michael Hauser and Marianne Weldon. http://www.arcadiapublishing.c om/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Scre en=PROD&Store_Code=arcadia&Pro duct_Code=0738541028&Product_C ount=&Category_Code=

Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime by Scott M. Burnstein.
http://www.arcadiapublishing.c om/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Scre en=PROD&Store_Code=arcadia&Pro duct_Code=0738540846&Product_C ount=&Category_Code=

Detroit's Masonic Temple by Alex Lundberg and Greg Kowalski. http://www.arcadiapublishing.c om/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Scre en=PROD&Store_Code=arcadia&Pro duct_Code=073854034X&Product_C ount=&Category_Code=

The Scarab Club by Christine Renner, Patricia Reed, and Michael E. Crane. http://www.arcadiapublishing.c om/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Scre en=PROD&Store_Code=arcadia&Pro duct_Code=0738541095&Product_C ount=&Category_Code=
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Pam
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Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 7:03 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks Kathleen. I think my Mom will want that Mt. Olivet one. (She already has her headstone bought there!)
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Everydayislikesunday
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Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 7:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks for the info, Kathleen!

Just as a side note...if anyone is interested in purchasing the book on the Scarab Club...please keep in mind that all proceeds made from book sales at the gift shop will benefit the club. Please consider purchasing it there!
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Kathleen
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Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 8:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I would imagine that the Scarab Club book will be available for purchase at the Scarab Club during the Noel Night festivities on Saturday, December 2.
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Beadgrl
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Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 5:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I love the books Arcadia puts on Michigan and Detroit. Great stuff.
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Kathleen
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Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 12:18 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Some of the authors are appearing at local bookstores for booksignings:

Scott M. Burnstein, “Motor City Mafia” is scheduled to appear Wednesday, December 6, 2006, 12 noon at Borders Downtown Detroit; December 6, 7pm at Borders Dearborn; Thursday, December 7, 7pm at Borders Grosse Pointe; Sunday, December 10, 2pm at Borders Downtown Birmingham; Wednesday, December 13, 7:30pm at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Rochester Hills.

Ceil Wendt Jensen, “Detroit's Mount Elliott Cemetery” and “Detroit's Mount Olivet Cemetery,” Saturday, December 16, 2006, 1-5 pm at Manresa Jesuit Retreat House. Program given at 1pm and 3 pm with book signing and refreshments following. RSVP to 586-416-3300 or historybook@mtelliott.com. The Manresa Jesuit Retreat House is located at 1390 Quarton Rd. nw corner of Woodward in Bloomfield Hills.

If I hear of other booksignings, I will post the information.

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