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Arbutus Press
Based out of Traverse City, Michigan, Arbutus Press is an independent regional publisher specializing in Michigan and Midwest books. It is owned by Susan Bays. The press began in 1998. http://209.59.186.250/~arbutus/about/. Some of its most distinguished books include four Michigan Notable Book selections from the Library of Michigan. These include: Historic Cottages of Mackinac Island by Susan Stites and Lea Ann Sterling with photography by Lanny Sterling and Lea Ann Sterling. Historic Cottages of Mackinac Island is a pictorial look at seventy-three cottages, including the Governor's Residence, constructed on Mackinac Island between 1870 and 1910. It includes color photographs of the cottages as they look today. http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-54574_39583-11050--,00.html Asylum for the Insane: A History of the Kalamazoo State Hospital by William A. Decker, M.D. The Michigan Asylum for the Insane opened in Kalamazoo in 1859 as Michigan's first state institution created solely for the care and treatment of the mentally ill. Dr. Decker, a former medical superintendent of the hospital, emphasizes the treatments, including hydrotherapy, electro-convulsive therapy and psychoanalysis, the various instruments used, and the growth and development of the hospital's campus and buildings. http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-54574_39583-204821--,00.html Vintage Views Along the West Michigan Pike: From Sand Trails to US-31 by M. Christine Byron and Thomas R. Wilson. http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-54574_39583-292541--,00.html Fishtown: Leland Michigan's Historic Fishery by Laurie Sommers. Laurie Kay Sommers tells the story of Leland's past and present through the remembrances of the commercial fishermen and ferry captains who have worked out of Fishtown since 1900. http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-54574_39583-319030--,00.html Arbutus Press in one of only 13 presses to have more than three Michigan Notable Book selections. http://rariekki.webs.com/bestupmibooks.htm Other Arbutus Press authors include Nancy Barr, Bob Linsenman, Tim Brown, Dennis Cawthorne, Frank P. Slaughter, Jennifer Sowle, R. Charles McLravy, Robert Underhill, Thomas H. Logan, Jaye Beeler, Rick Liblong, Margean Gladysz, Capt. Tony Petrella, Vic Foerster, Philip H. McCorkle Jr., Charlotte Otten, Mary Beth Vachon, Doc Fletcher, Bill Murphy, and Loren Graham. http://209.59.186.250/~arbutus/