Winner of the Michigan Notable Book Award for 2012 Join department store historian Bruce Allen Kopytek in this return to the elegance of Jacobsons, a beloved Michigan institution for well over 100 years. Reenter the marvelous stores and meet the personalities who transformed Jacobsons from its humble Reed City origins to a staple of sophistication throughout the region and into Florida. The brainchild of a retail genius, this deluxe specialty store gave customers a peerless social, shopping and dining destination. Experience anew the refined beauty of its Williamsburg-style Grosse Pointe store, the chic designer world of its Birmingham ensemble, or the charm and allure of its original Florida branch in Sarasota, revealing, along the way, secrets which made Jakes the dazzling store it was, and why it remains so profoundly missed by anyone who entered through its solid wooden doors.