Category: The History Press

• Join me at the Classic Restaurants of Michiana Book Signing Wednesday, June 11th

  

  The members of the Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church Book/Movie Discussion Group have invited me to speak this Wednesday, June 11th at 6:30 p.m. If you have the time and are interested in the history of restaurants in Michiana, please come. The church is lovely, located in a beautiful country setting at  51841 Leach…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  June 8, 2025

  Al Capone, American History, Author event, Book signings, Culture, Food, Food History, History, Michiana, The History Press

  #books, Al Capone, book signing, Book signings, Food, History, Michiana, restaurants

• Kalamazoo County Characters by Dianna Higgs Stampfler

  

  This fascinating book, featuring profiles of 50 notable figures in the Kalamazoo area history, will be released by The History Press in January 2025. Since its founding in the early 1800s, Kalamazoo has welcomed a variety of notable individuals who have shaped the community’s legacy in their own special way. From founding fathers to early…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  January 7, 2025

  #books, #BookTok, Author event, Biography, Book signings, Michigan, Non-fiction, The History Press

  #books, 1, art, Author events, book signing, Dianna Stampfler, Jim Higgs, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County Charaters, lifestyle, movies, Non-fiction, Promote Michigan, The Eagles, Travel

•  Local author to appear at bookstore for book signing of new “Lost East Chicago and Indiana Harbor” history book

  

  Award-winning author and journalist Joseph S. Pete will appear at a Northwest Indiana bookstore to sign copies of his new history book, “Lost East Chicago and Indiana Harbor.” Pete, a Lisagor Award-winning reporter and columnist, will do a book signing from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 20 at Miles Books at 2819 Jewett…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  July 12, 2024

  #books, #BookTok, Amazon, American History, Audiobooks, Author event, Authors, Historic Architecture, History, Regional, Sports, The History Press

  “Lost East Chicago and Indiana Harbor”, “The Region”, #books, Angel “El Diablo” Manfredy, Betsy Palmer, book signing, East Chicago, Gregg Popovich, Historic Architecture, Howard Van Doren Shaw, Indiana Harbor, Inland Steel, Joseph Pete, Lake Michigan, Mademoiselle Shoppe, Marktown, Steve Tesich, Sunnyside, Washington Park Zoo

• “Ladies of the Lights” Showcases Female Lighthouse Keepers

  

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  March 7, 2023

  #books, #BookTok, Adventure, Architecture, Book signings, Digital, Ghosts, Great Lakes, Hauntings, Historic Architecture, History, Lake Michigan, Lighthouse, mystery, Non-fiction, Shipwrecks, The History Press, Travel, True Crime

  #books, book signing, Death & Lighthouses on the Great Lakes, Dianna Stampfler, Great Lakes, Hauntings, History Press, Lake Michigan, Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses, mystery, Shipwrecks, Women Lighthouse Keepers