Know Your Grosse Pointe
Author : League of Women Voters of Grosse Pointe
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 25,59 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Grosse Pointe (Mich.)
ISBN :
Know Your Grosse Pointe: Park, City, Farms, Woods, Shores
Author : League of Women Voters of Grosse Pointe
Publisher :
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 36,82 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Grosse Pointe (Mich.)
ISBN :
Book Description
Grosse Pointe
Author : Ann Marie Aliotta
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 18,21 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738550794
Book Description
Grosse Pointe is one of the oldest communities in the Midwest, dating back to the mid-1600s. Its history tells a classic American story of the transformation of Native American hunting grounds to the fertile farms of European settlers to an affluent suburb that grew with fortunes of industrialism in the 20th century.
Grosse Pointe Girl
Author : Sarah Grace McCandless
Publisher :
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 31,85 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
Welcome to Grosse Pointe, Michigan, where social rank is determined by the age of your money and the dryness of your martini. The new girl in town, Emma Harris, must prove herself hip to the rigid rules of adolescent conformity. The quest for cool, she discovers, is one long final exam. To pass she must be cruel to be kind (ditching her best friend for the popular crowd), dress to impress (trading her favorite Esprit shirt for three plastic bracelets), and master the art of seduction (puckering up with Mulberry Stain or Peaches 'n' Cream lip gloss). Life is all about making choices -- the right ones. Will Emma's social acrobatics put her on the short list for that coveted country club membership? Will the digits of her zip code pass muster? If her parents split up, will the gossip help or hurt her in the rankings? Grosse Pointe Girl serves as an indispensable road map through the dysfunction privilege brings. So put on your Guess? jeans and your jelly shoes and come along for the ride to the adolescent days that time forgot, but you never will.
Grand Estates of Grosse Pointe
Author : Katie Doelle
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 14,19 MB
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 1467104825
Book Description
The first inhabitants of Grosse Pointe can be traced back to the mid-18th century, when French farmers occupied ribbon farms on the shores of Lake St. Clair. Since then, Grosse Pointe has come a long way. The once rural farming community, located on marshland and notoriously difficult to reach, has become home to some of the most prestigious residences in the country. During the early 20th century, Grosse Pointe transitioned from a popular summer retreat for wealthy Detroit families to a permanent home for prominent professionals, who hired the finest architects money could buy to build grand mansions. By the 1930s, Georgian and Tudor residences were commonplace, and Grosse Pointe was a thriving community awash with renowned families, natural beauty, historical architecture, and grand estates.
The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Author : Arthur M. Woodford
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 37,11 MB
Release : 2015-01-12
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439649340
Book Description
The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, nestled along the shore of Lake St. Clair just north of Detroit, is the smallest of the five Grosse Pointe communities. After the settlement of Detroit in 1701, the area that would become Grosse Pointe Shores saw the arrival of French habitants who built their ribbon farms. Beginning in the 1860s, the area began to change as well-to-do Detroiters erected summer homes on the lakeshore. The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores was formally established in 1911, and the community grew as great mansions were built along Lake Shore Road. Following World War II, the community evolved yet again as the grand mansions disappeared and properties were subdivided. By the end of the 20th century, the village had grown into an established community of comfortable, well-maintained homes. In 2011, these residents gathered together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of their community.
Grosse Pointe, 1880-1930
Author : Madeleine Socia
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 27,14 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780738508405
Book Description
If Detroit was characterized as "The Paris of the Midwest" at the turn of the 20th century, then Grosse Pointe was the Riviera. There wealthy summer colonists, influential transplants from the bustle of the metropolis, founded private clubs where they could pursue polite pleasures and high society soirees away from the honky-tonk atmosphere of the area roadhouses which shared the shoreline of Lake St. Clair. Architecturally significant mansions on rambling estates soon replaced quaint French farm houses a nd gingerbread "cottages." As the good times rolled, no one was willing to let a little thing like Prohibition spoil the fun! The fact that the residents' elegant yachts and iceboats had to share the waters with rumrunners and federal agents only added to the excitement of an area fast becoming one of America's premier suburban enclaves. This new publication successfully captures the magical spirit of the Pointes. With photographs from personal and public collections, the authors have painted a wonderful picture of what it was like to live in Grosse Pointe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Treasure in Grosse Pointe
Author : Andrew Hartwood
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 2005-06
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 0595360084
Book Description
Treasure in Grosse Pointe: The Sunken Rumrunner
Michigan Place Names
Author : Walter Romig
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 35,20 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814318386
Book Description
Michigan Place Names is another "Michigan classicreissued as a Great Lakes Book.
Grosse Pointe Pulp 2 (John Rockne Mysteries #4, #5, & #6)
Author : Dan Ames
Publisher : Slogan Books LLC
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 34,88 MB
Release : 2024-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR THREE COMPLETE JOHN ROCKNE MYSTERIES Books #4, #5 & #6 in the bestselling and award-winning John Rockne Mystery series. LONG SHOT. Long Distance Murder. Nick Giordano is a renowned neurologist and family man living in the wealthy Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe. When he is murdered during a sailboat race, no one sees it coming. Private investigator John Rockne investigates the killing and soon unravels a web of greed and betrayal. A hard-hitting, action-packed story in the bestselling and award-winning John Rockne Mystery Series. EASY PREY. A prominent Grosse Pointe doctor is found dead, in his car, in an abandoned section of Detroit with a rope around his neck. Private Investigator John Rockne knows the victim, and soon finds himself in the middle of an investigation that blows the lid off Grosse Pointe’s glamorous façade. Soon, Rockne becomes the target of a killer whose depraved sadism knows no bounds. The trail of his friend’s brutal murder takes him into Detroit’s darkest and most dangerous corners, until one final explosive piece of the puzzle makes him question everything, and everyone. BODY BLOW. Something Very Bad Is Happening In Good Isle. A picture-postcard beautiful little town on the shore of Lake Michigan, Good Isle is where the wealthy buy summer homes. Bad things just don't happen in this quaint little town. That is, until Billy "Dynamite" Dawkins, a legend in Detroit's boxing history, disappears. John and Ellen Rockne, both in Good Isle for different reasons, are asked to look into the famous boxer's disappearance. Before long, they are both drawn into a dark side of Good Isle that until now, had remained the town's most notorious secret. "Fast-paced, engaging, original." -New York Times bestselling author Thomas Perry "Dan Ames is a sensation among Kindle readers who love fast-paced thrillers." -Mystery Tribune "Swept me along for the ride." -Edgar-nominated author Craig McDonald
