About David W. Van Hoof Books
After graduating from the University of Michigan and Detroit College of Law, David Van Hoof served twenty-two years in the United States Marine Corps, deploying twice to Afghanistan and twice to Iraq, experiencing combat as a combat engineer company commander in the assault on Baghdad. During his military career, he earned additional graduate degrees in history from the University of Oklahoma and Arizona State University. He is actively involved in the National Society Sons of the American Revolution and with Manitou Films a producer on the PBS documentary Frontier to Freedom: Wilderness, Revolution and Michigan's Path to Statehood.Linda Hass is a Jackson author who received a master's degree in journalism from Michigan State University. She has authored four books and researched and successfully applied for four Michigan historical markers and three national designations from the National Park Service. She is an officer of the Jackson County Historical Society and was named "Jackson Historian" by the Jackson City Council in 2021.
