MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02467nam a22003138a 4500
001 2012007678
003 DLC
005 20120305172147.0
008 120224s2012 scu 001 0deng
010 $a 2012007678
020 $a9781609496296
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-mi
050 00 $aF574.G7$bB37 2012
082 00 $a977.4/56$223
100 1 $aBeld, Gordon,$d1927-
245 10 $aGrand times in Grand Rapids :$bpieces of Furniture City history /$cGordon Beld.
260 $aCharleston, SC :$bHistory Press,$c2012.
263 $a1202
300 $ap. cm.
500 $a"Published in cooperation with Gemini Publications, publisher of Grand Rapids magazine, in which most of the stories in this book were first printed."
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aForeword / by Tom Rademacher -- Gratitude for Grand People -- Reminders of Our First Residents -- The Lady and the Sword -- Persistent Paddlers -- Our First Businesswoman -- GR's Road Feud -- When the Curtain Went Up -- Like Father, Like Son -- The Pride of Wyoming -- A Place to Hang Your Hat -- Road to the White House -- From Defeat to Delight -- Steamin' Along on the Grand -- Bridging the Grand -- Fighting the First Fires -- Women Started It All -- Winters of Yesterday -- The Branded Hand -- Keepers of the Peace -- Saddlebag Swamp -- Kissing Bridges -- Our Women's Role in the Civil War -- Saluting the Monitor's Commander -- Been There, Done That -- Just Happy Memories Remain -- A Lucky Lard Spill -- When the Army Arrived -- Gone but Not Forgotten -- Frank Knox Delivered -- GR's Other Congressman Ford -- GR Goes to the Beach -- The Wizard and Tamawaca -- Newsman to Newsmaker -- When the Roosevelt Women Visited -- What a Wingding -- Christmas a Century Ago -- Steaming Over the Lakes -- Moving Up the Hard Way -- Grand Rapids Up in the Air -- A Plant That Bombed -- A Close-Knit Group -- Tower at City Center -- From Celebration to Calamity -- When Downtown Was The Place -- Hatching Whirlybirds -- Girls and Diamonds -- GR's Circle-C Cowboys -- Riding the Pere Marquette -- Fishing Wasn't Great-Just Okay -- Finding a Home for GVSU -- A Refuge from Vietnam -- Catastrophe at the Cape.
651 0 $aGrand Rapids (Mich.)$xHistory$vAnecdotes.
651 0 $aGrand Rapids (Mich.)$xSocial life and customs$vAnecdotes.
651 0 $aGrand Rapids (Mich.)$vBiography$vAnecdotes.
710 2 $aGemini Publications (Firm)
730 0 $aGrand Rapids magazine.