The authors of the latest offering in the "Images of America" series all grew up in Salem Township and they haven't strayed far from home. Dianna Berens Beaudoin resides in Burnips, Jean Loedeman Lam now lives in Holland, and Susan Kipen Welton resides in Kentwood.

The authors cochair the Salem Historical Committee and received information and photographs from the community to include in the book.

Filled with photographs depicting the area's past, the first several pages of the book explain the community's history from what was once hunting land for the Potawatomi Indians. It tells how the settlers cleared the trees and built a lumber mill along the Little Rabbit River, and how businesses came to the small settlement.

"Images of America: Salem Township" is published by Arcadia Publishing.