Author: HANEY, BILL
Title: What They Were Thinking Reflections on Michigan Difference-Makers
Description: Dexter, Michigan, 2014. Hardcover. ISBN: 0984565191. 6 1/2 x 9 1/4"; xix, 292 pages; Signed and inscribed on title page. Hard cover is taupe with gold lettering on spine. DJ has faint rubbing; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight. 'Not all of them set out to change the world, but some of them managed to do just that. Not even legendary announcer Ernie Harwell knew the intrigue that led to his brutal and disastrous dismissal--the full story is presented here for the first time. How did the coolest-of-cool novelist Elmore "Dutch" Leonard find his voice and create those just-off-center bad guys and capture that street-smart dialogue? Haney takes readers inside the minds of these and more than a dozen other notable Michigan figures, people like Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the zealot who elevated the issue of assisted suicide. And Academy Award-winning Sue Marx, automotive genius Ed Cole, the three visionary men who built the Palace and the championship Pistons, and many more men and women who made a difference. Haney reveals the motivations and the passions of people--some prominent, some scarcely known--who made decisions and took actions that had impacts that reverberated far beyond the borders of the state.' ; Signed by Author. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 0984565191 Michigan History; Michigan People; Biography; Political History; Auto Industry; Film Makers; Baseball; Athletes; Novelists; Sports/Athletics Medicine/Health/Health Care Cultural History Education American History Geography Biography/Memoirs/Jou