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50-558: Paladin Press was a book publishing firm founded in 1970 by Peder Lund and Robert K. Brown . The company published non-fiction books and videos covering a wide range of specialty topics, including personal and financial freedom, survivalism and preparedness, firearms and shooting , various martial arts and self-defense , military and police tactics, investigation techniques, spying, lockpicking, sabotage, revenge, knives and knife fighting, explosives , and other "action topics" (though

100-579: A Guerrilla , was by General Alberto Bayo , a Communist veteran of the Spanish Civil War who became Fidel Castro 's mentor when Castro was training men in Mexico for his successful revolution in Cuba. The theories advocated in his book were state-of-the-art for the time. Paladin's edition became required reading for serious students of guerrilla warfare and is still in print today. This early work set

150-485: A book co-authored by "Vann Spencer," who is listed on the book jacket as holding a number of educational degrees, and having taught law and international security at universities in Colorado. These claims have not been independently verified. "Spencer" is widely believed to be a pseudonym. Monroe, Michigan Monroe is the largest city and county seat of Monroe County, Michigan , United States. The population

200-809: A dozen named individuals killed and up to 30 more who were likely killed. The British estimated six Americans were killed. This event became known throughout the United States as the "River Raisin Massacre". It was also known as the Battle of Frenchtown (or the Second Battle of the River Raisin). Today, the site of the battle is preserved as the River Raisin National Battlefield Park , authorized in 2009. It

250-629: A dozen various parochial schools operate in and around Monroe. In 2012, the three largest parochial elementary schools (St. Michael the Archangel, St. Mary, and St. John the Baptist) merged to form Monroe Catholic Elementary Schools, serving infants through 8th grade. The St. Michael Campus serves infants through 1st grade, while St. John serves 2nd through 4th grade, and St. Mary functions as the Middle School for grades 5 through 8. The largest of

300-964: A frequent contributor to the magazine. A Chicago Tribune reporter doing a story on Brown's involvement in the civil war in El Salvador in March 1984 witnessed Brown become the victim of an accidental shooting when one of Brown's friends pulled the trigger of a gun he thought was unloaded. The friend shot himself through the hand and the bullet struck Brown in the calf. "You stupid son a bitch, you shot me," Brown said. "And now I can't go to El Salvador." Editors of Soldier of Fortune instructed Salvadorans in subjects ranging from weapons marksmanship to basic military skills such as water purification. They told The Washington Post , in an article of 1983, they accompanied Salvadorans on at least three combat patrols as observers, armed solely with handguns for self-defense and without firing. Alexander McColl, one of

350-537: A state in 1837, Monroe was incorporated as a city. Monroe is known as the childhood residence of George Armstrong Custer and other members of his family, including his brother Boston Custer and wife Elizabeth Bacon . Several structures are named after Custer, including Custer Airport . Founded in 1928, the La-Z-Boy world headquarters are located in Monroe. Long occupied by varying cultures of indigenous peoples,

400-417: Is a monthly public-access television program covering news on the Monroe area. It is hosted by Kaye Lani Rae Rafko and Michelle Bowman . Comedian and nationally known talk show host Stephen Colbert was a guest host of the show on July 1, 2015. Colbert interviewed musician Eminem . "Only in Monroe" and other public access programming can be found on Monroe Public Access Cable Television. Rewind 94.3 WERW

450-445: Is also honored in street names, various historic markers , buildings, schools, and the regional Custer Airport . City limit signs for Monroe describe the city as "the home of General Custer." The La-Z-Boy furniture company, which became known for its reclining easy chairs, was founded in Monroe in 1927. Their world headquarters are located in Monroe, south of the intersection of La-Z-Boy Boulevard and Stewart Road. This new facility

500-470: Is in downtown Monroe. The current music format is country. Prior to Cumulus owning the station, it was locally owned. Radio stations from Detroit and Toledo are also receivable. The city of Monroe is served by the Lake Erie Transit public transportation bus system. Established in 1975, Lake Erie Transit currently has a fleet of 31 buses and serves approximately 400,000 riders every year. In 2008,

550-484: Is moderated by the lake. On average, the temperature only drops below 0 °F (−18 °C) a couple of times during a winter season, and it is even rarer for the temperature to rise above 100 °F (38 °C) during the summer. The coldest recorded temperature was −21 °F (−29 °C) on February 5, 1918. The highest recorded temperature was 106 °F (41 °C) on July 24, 1934, with another equal temperature recorded on one occasion many years earlier. As of

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600-503: Is one of the largest high schools in the state. Monroe is also served by the Monroe County Intermediate School District , which provides services to other schools in the form of special education services, support staff, substitute teachers , and educational technology (such as computers and distance learning ). Students in Monroe may also attend one of two public charter schools. More than

650-486: Is roughly a half mile east of the original location on Telegraph Road ; the old building was demolished in 2021, and the site is being redeveloped. In 1974, the Monroe Power Plant opened. It is the third largest coal-fired plant in the United States, with a capacity of 3,280 megawatts. At 805 feet (245 m) tall, the dual smokestacks are visible from more than 25 miles (40 km) away and are among

700-545: Is the daily newspaper in Monroe, reporting on all of Monroe County. The newspaper was founded in 1825 and for many years known as The Monroe Evening News. It was purchased by GateHouse Media in fall 2015, prior to which time The Monroe News had about 20 years of employee ownership. Nielsen puts Monroe in the Detroit DMA but stations from Toledo also cover Monroe County and consider it as a part of their coverage area of northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Only in Monroe

750-545: Is the first and so far the only national battlefield established for a solely War of 1812 site. It has a small visitor center. The Frenchtown community was renamed after the War of 1812 and incorporated as the village of Monroe in honor of President James Monroe , who visited the Michigan Territory in 1817. In the same year, the city of Monroe was named as the county seat of the newly created Monroe County . Monroe

800-455: Is the low-power educational FM frequency in Monroe, the station at one time belonged to Monroe Public Schools and is currently run by Monroe Public Access Cable Television. Monroe County Radio is an Internet radio station founded in fall 2012, the studio is in Monroe with news and sports coverage focusing on Monroe County. Nash Icon WMIM 98.3 is the Cumulus radio station in the area, the studio

850-762: The Civil War . In the later 19th century, he led troops in the Indian Wars and died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn , in which his forces were killed by the Lakota , who call it the Battle of the Greasy Grass. In 1910, President William Howard Taft and the widow Elizabeth Bacon Custer unveiled an equestrian statue of Custer, which now stands at the corner of Elm Avenue and Monroe Street . Custer

900-517: The University of Colorado . On September 22, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor Oscar Goodman issued a proclamation declaring that day to be "Soldier of Fortune Day" and "Lt. Col. Robert K. Brown Day" in honor of Soldier of Fortune magazine, its 20th annual convention in Las Vegas, and its founder and publisher." Brown served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1957 and again from 1964 to 1985. He

950-525: The 1930s, the electric Detroit United Railway (eventually becoming the Eastern Michigan Ry) operated hourly interurban passenger service between Detroit and Toledo through Monroe. The DU/EM provided valuable and frequent passenger transportation plus carryed freight at a time of unpaved and unreliable roads. The gradual business lost as Michigan and Ohio and their towns paved highways in the 1920s and resulting growing truck and automobile use, plus

1000-563: The British departed with their captives to Detroit, they left those Americans too wounded to walk in the homes of Frenchtown inhabitants under the guard of a small British detachment and Native American allies, including Potawatomi. The morning after the battle, other Native Americans returned to Frenchtown. They plundered and burned homes, and killed and ritually scalped many of the remaining American captives, taking others as slaves. The official U.S. estimate of casualties in this aftermath include

1050-643: The Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM), was founded in Monroe in 1905 as a Catholic , liberal arts college. The college moved to Detroit in 1927. The IHM also operated a boarding school, the Hall of the Divine Child , in Monroe from 1918 to 1980. Monroe County Community College was founded in 1964 just west of Monroe. It is the only higher education facility in Monroe County. The Monroe News

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1100-619: The Mid-Continental Football League (1996, 97 & 99) and the Minor League Football Alliance championship in 2016. The city of Monroe is served by one public school district, Monroe Public Schools (MPS), which enrolls approximately 6,700 students. MPS operates five elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, one alternative high school, and two specialized education centers. At around 2,100 students, Monroe High School

1150-916: The Norfolk Southern, CSX, and the Canadian National. Historic railroads operating until the 1950s to 1960s were the Pere Marquette, Ann Arbor, Wabash, Grand Trunk Western, and the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton. The Baltimore and Ohio had trackage rights with the PM and the Wabash upon which to operate its Detroit to Toledo passenger trains such as the Ambassador which after Toledo continued to Washington, D.C., and from there northward to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. From 1900 to

1200-585: The Potawatomi. Colonists settled Frenchtown shortly thereafter as the third European community in what in the early 19th century became the state of Michigan. Around the same time, the Sandy Creek Settlement was established just north of Frenchtown by French-Canadian Joseph Porlier Benec. Because of its proximity to Detroit, the area was of strategic importance during the War of 1812 between

1250-564: The United States and Great Britain, especially after Fort Detroit surrendered to the British in August 1812. American forces en route to retake Detroit camped in the area of the River Raisin in the winter of 1812–13. A force of 200 Native Americans and 63 Canadian militia were forced to retreat north away from the River Raisin by 600 Kentucky militiamen and 100 French, under the command of James Winchester , on January 18, 1813. This skirmish

1300-601: The area around the River Raisin was settled by the historic Potawatomi hundreds of years before French explorers and colonists reached it in the late seventeenth century. Robert de LaSalle claimed the area for New France after his 1679 expedition on the Griffon . In 1784, after the American Revolutionary War , Francis Navarre of Canada was given a portion of land south of the River Raisin by

1350-527: The availability of books on topics like improvised explosives has been severely curtailed in recent years). Sometimes described as the "most dangerous publisher in the world", it was sued over several murders connected to one of its books , and ceased operations in January 2018. The company's first iteration was when Peder Lund began operations in association with co-founder Robert K. Brown, in 1970 as " Panther Publications ". Their first book, 150 Questions for

1400-490: The census of 2010, there were 20,733 people, 8,238 households, and 5,277 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,261.0 inhabitants per square mile (873.0/km ). There were 9,158 housing units at an average density of 998.7 per square mile (385.6/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 88.4% White , 6.2% African American , 0.4% Native American , 0.7% Asian , 1.2% from other races , and 3.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.1% of

1450-647: The city is 594 feet (181 meters), decreasing to 571 feet (174 meters) at Lake Erie, which sits at the lowest elevation in Michigan. The Port of Monroe is the only Michigan port on Lake Erie, and Sterling State Park , partially within the city limits, is the only one of Michigan's 103 state parks located on or near Lake Erie. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 10.21 square miles (26.44 km ), of which 9.05 square miles (23.44 km ) are land and 1.17 square miles (3.03 km ), or 11.44%, are water. The River Raisin travels through

1500-591: The city is part of the Detroit–Ann Arbor–Flint combined statistical area. The Monroe area was the scene of several military conflicts during the War of 1812 against the United Kingdom and is known for the Battle of Frenchtown . In 1817, portions of the Frenchtown settlement along the River Raisin were platted and renamed "Monroe" after then-president James Monroe . When Michigan became

1550-653: The city was $ 19,948. 9.0% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.0% of those under 18 and 16.1% of those 65 or over. According to the city's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Monroe is the hometown of the Southern Michigan Timberwolves, a semi-professional football team that competes in the Great Lakes Football League. The Timberwolves have won their league championship four times, three in

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1600-466: The city, the population was 26.9% under 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 41,810, and the median income for a family $ 51,442. Males had a median income of $ 42,881 versus $ 25,816 for females. The per capita income for

1650-417: The city. The population density was 2,440.9 inhabitants per square mile (942.4/km ). There were 9,107 housing units at an average density of 1,007.0 per square mile (388.8/km ). The racial makeup was 90.87% White , 5.07% African American , 0.24% Native American , 0.84% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.90% from other races , and 2.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.76% of

1700-528: The city; it is non-navigable because of several dams and other obstructions. Monroe lies in the humid continental climate zone. Monroe receives an average of 28.5 inches (72 cm) of snow a year — the lowest average snowfall for any large city in the state. July is the warmest month with an average high temperature of 84 °F (29 °C), and January is the coldest month with an average low temperature of 16 °F (−9 °C). Monroe does not normally have extremely hot or cold temperatures, as its climate

1750-401: The company (over royalty payments) is loudly proclaimed on Kim's website. In 1983, Paladin Press published a controversial book, Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors , under the author's pseudonym "Rex Feral". However, Paladin Press was sued by the families of victims whose murderer they alleged to have used this book as a guideline in three 1993 murders . In 2000, Paladin

1800-669: The direction the company should take. Lund wanted to expand Panther's coverage of topics, while Brown wanted to start a magazine. Lund bought out Brown, who founded Soldier of Fortune magazine ( SOF ) in 1975. The newly named Paladin Press then went on to publish work from a variety of well-known and notable figures in the firearms, martial arts, self-defense, privacy, personal freedom and survival fields, among them John Plaster , Kelly McCann , Jim Arvanitis , Jeff Cooper , Col. Rex Applegate , William E. Fairbairn , Barry Reid , Adam Starchild , Detective John L. Russell and Ragnar Benson . They also published Ashida Kim, whose dispute with

1850-671: The editors that took part in April and August, claimed that expenses were covered by the magazine. These Soldier of Fortune members briefed military personnel of the US embassy on how well Salvadoran soldiers fought in the field. In 2011, Brown supported Steve Schreiner's campaign for the National Rifle Association Board of Directors. Schreiner was not endorsed by the NRA's Nominating Committee. In 2013, Brown published

1900-511: The parochial schools is St. Mary Catholic Central High School , which enrolls more than 400 students annually. It has a full sports program that competes against the other public school districts. Zion Lutheran School is a grade school (Pre-K-8) of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Monroe. Parents may also homeschool their children. Marygrove College , sponsored by the local Sisters, Servants of

1950-440: The population. There were 8,238 households, of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.7% were married couples living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.9% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

2000-412: The population. There were 8,594 households, of which 33.6% had children under 18 living with them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size 3.10. In

2050-688: The public domain as well as bring back into print select titles it had dropped over the years. The company has reprinted hard-to-find books on World War II hand-to-hand combat, firearms, combat shooting, counterinsurgency , martial arts , survival skills , boxing, wrestling, and self-defense. On June 3, 2017, Peder Lund died suddenly while on vacation in Finland, and it was decided to close Paladin Press, with no new orders being accepted, and existing orders being honored until January 31, 2018. Robert K. Brown Born in Monroe, Michigan , he graduated from

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2100-466: The system logged 764,000 miles. The system operates buses on eight fixed routes in and around the city of Monroe. It also serves several neighboring townships outside of its normal routes should a passenger call ahead for a ride. From Bedford Township , its provides transportation to and from two shopping malls in Toledo, Ohio . Present-day freight hauling railroads operating through and around Monroe are

2150-399: The tallest structures in the state. In December 1989, a combination of zebra mussels and ice clogged the sole intake pipe of the Monroe water treatment plant, forcing a two-day shutdown of the city's schools, industries, and businesses. Monroe is in eastern Monroe County, with its city limits extending southeast3 miles (5 km) from the downtown to Lake Erie . The average elevation of

2200-426: The tone for Paladin's future: it would be first to print books about controversial or suppressed subjects, and it would also be criticized for publishing works that some people found objectionable. From 1970 to 1974, the company developed its stock of titles primarily by reprinting government military manuals previously available to the public only through purchase of purloined copies. In 1974, Lund and Brown split over

2250-422: Was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.05. The median age in the city was 36.3 years. 26.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.9% were from 25 to 44; 25.4% were from 45 to 64; and 13.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.0% male and 53.0% female. In the census of 2000, there were 22,076 people, 8,594 households, and 5,586 families in

2300-444: Was 20,462 as of the 2020 census . The city is bordered on the south by Monroe Charter Township , but the two are administered autonomously. Monroe is the core city in the Monroe metropolitan area , which is coterminous with Monroe County and had a population of 154,809 in 2020. Located on the western shores of Lake Erie approximately 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Toledo, Ohio , and 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Detroit ,

2350-707: Was a Green Beret , served with Special Forces in Vietnam , and retired from the US Army as a lieutenant colonel . At one point, Brown was the Vice Chairman of the NRA . In 1970, he founded a book publishing firm with Peder Lund named Paladin Press . Brown began publishing Soldier of Fortune in 1975 in Boulder, Colorado. In April 2022, Brown announced he had sold Soldier of Fortune to journalist Susan Katz Keating,

2400-456: Was later dubbed the "First Battle of the River Raisin". On January 22, 1813, a force of 800 Native Americans and 597 British, under Henry Proctor , surprised the force of 1,000 Americans and captured Frenchtown. Many of the American militia were inexperienced, ill-trained, and badly equipped. They suffered 397 killed and 547 captured. The British and their allies had only slight losses. When

2450-642: Was re-incorporated as a city in 1837. Settled mostly by American migrants from New York and New England, Monroe later became associated with events in the West in the later 19th century, particularly the Indian Wars . It was the childhood home of George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876), who had a military career in which he reached the rank of major general . His family moved here when he was young, and he lived in Monroe for much of his childhood. Here he later met and in 1864 married Elizabeth Bacon (1842–1933), during

2500-475: Was sued again as a result of Hit Man . After the cases, Paladin stopped publication, and allowed the remaining copies to sell out. The book is still for sale online. In the spring of 2006, Paladin announced that it had acquired the rights to reprint 40 books previously published by Loompanics Unlimited , including the works of Claire Wolfe and other popular anti-authoritarian writers. A new in-house printing press enabled Paladin to reprint classic combat books in

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