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Born: 11/23/1940  Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Frank B. Woodford, Mary-Kirk Woodford
Children: Mark, Amy
Address(es):
Permanent:
St. Clair Shores Public Library, 22500 Eleven Mile Rd.
St. Clair Shores, MI 48081

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	The Michigan companion : a guide to the arts, entertainment, festivals, food, geography, geology, government, history, holidays, industry, institutions, media, people, philanthropy, religion, and sports of the great state of Michigan - Editor	Michigan History, Picture Book	Adult	Detroit, MI : OmniData	2012
	Tashmoo Park and the Steamer Tashmoo	Michigan History, Picture Book	Adult	Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub.	2012
	This Is Detroit: 1701-2001	Michigan History	Adult	Detroit : Wayne State University Press	2001
	Saturday Night: Prismatic Club Papers of Arthur M. Woodford	Non Fiction		privately published	1994
	Tonnancour: Life in Grosse Pointe and Along the Shores of Lake St. Clair, 2 vol.	Michigan History	Adult	Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, Inc.	1994-1996
	Charting the Inland Seas: A History of the U.S. Lake Survey U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District	Michigan History	Adult	Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office	1991
	Detroit: American Urban Renaissance : a pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth and development of Detroit, Michigan /	Michigan History	Adult	Tulsa, Continental Heritage Press	1979
	Substitute Currency of Early Detroit	Michigan History	Adult	Geneve Libraire Droz	1978
	Detroit and Its Banks: The Story of Detroit Bank & Trust	Michigan History	Adult	Detroit, Wayne State University Press	1974
	All Our Yesterdays: A Brief History of Detroit - Co-authored with Frank B. Woodford (father)	Michigan History	Adult	Detroit, Wayne State University Press	1969

What is the aim or goal of your writing: As is obvious from my writings, my interest is in the fields of local history--Detroit and Michigan, and in the history of the Great Lakes. My father was a newspaperman for over thirty years, was a historian and author of eleven books, and at the time of his death was historiographer for the city of Detroit. So, I've grown up at home with history and the writing of history (I was ten when my father's first book was published). And, without question, one of my most memorable experiences was writing a book, All Our Yesterdays, with my father. My approach to the writing of local history is to make it accurate, yet interesting, reading. History books do not have to be dull and stuffy. When I first began writing, my father's advice was to 'tell it as a story. Write as though you are sitting across a table from the person and telling [him or her] your story.' Following this philosophy, I have tried to include, within my books, stories and anecdotes that will help to bring local history alive for the reader. Hopefully, I have succeeded.

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