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African Americans Juvenile fiction Frontier and pioneer life Frontier and pioneer life Juvenile fiction Frontier and pioneer life Michigan Kenton, Simon 1755-1836 Michigan Biography Michigan History Shawnee Chief Tecumseh 1768-1813 South Manitou Island (Mich.) History Wagon trains Juvenile fictionBennitt, John.
Summary: "In 1862 at the age of thirty-two, physician John Bennitt of Centerville, Michigan, joined the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment as an assistant surgeon and remained in military service until the end of the war. During this time, Bennitt wrote more than two hundred letters home to his wife and daughters. In them he shared his careful and detailed observations of army life, including dramatic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.775 BENHenderson, Caroline A. (Caroline Agnes)
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.6 HENCrawford, Kim
Contents: Witness to Murder : Saginaw, 1802 -- The Saginaw Trail -- Trouble in Detroit -- War Clouds -- War in the Michigan Territory -- The Arrest of Jacob Smith -- I Pray You Inform Me ... : The Character of Jacob Smith -- Abduction to Saginaw -- The Return of the Boyer Children -- Jacob Smith versus Louis Campau, 1815 -- Peace -- Conclude a Treaty for the Country upon the Saginac Bay -- The Treaty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.403 SMITH, JACOB CRAKent, Timothy J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Fox Enterprises 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.401 KEN1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977.401 KEN
Wilson, Brian C.
Contents: Yankees in New England and beyond -- Yankees come to Michigan -- Yankees on the Michigan frontier -- The flowering of Yankee Michigan -- The industrialization of Yankee Michigan -- The decline of Yankee Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DTPOM WilsonRoot, Robert L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DOUGLASS, RUTH ROOSouthwell, Rex.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Word 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.465 SOU1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.465 SOU
Bunge, Nancy L.
Contents: Preparation for the journey -- The reality of mission life -- Building a home alone in the forest -- Standing with the Ojibwe against removal and smallpox -- Struggling against sickness -- Harriet's children -- Life without a mission.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 BUNFreedman, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Altwerger and Mandel 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 FRE1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4 FRE
Eisendrath, Charles R.
Summary: In 1973, after covering the assassination of Chilean President Salvador Allende for Time magazine, Eisendrath decided to not let a career stand in the way of growing roots and building a life. He moved with his wife and two young sons to Michigan, a part of the world imagined and carved into 160-acre homesteads by Thomas Jefferson. At Overlook Farm, the Eisendraths would be his heirs. These...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EISENDRATH, CHARLES R. EISHawley, Jonathan Pier
Summary: "An insightful account of lifesaving services by US lightkeepers and surfmen who battled high winds and waves, frigid temperatures and icy shores during their mission to protect lives on Lake Michigan."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4635 HAWEstleman, Loren D.
Summary: For many years Judge Roy Bean, the cantankerous self-styled arbiter of rough frontier justice, wrote fan letters to the beautiful actress Lillie Langtry across the sea; occasionally, she wrote back. He even renamed the town in which he lived Langtry in her honor. After years of this strange but poignant correspondence, Lillie finally kept her promise to visit her distant admirer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ESTIrish, Aarol W
Summary: "On May 26, 2006, one month and one day after her father's death, Teresa Irish raised the lid on the Army trunk that had resided in the family home her entire life. There, nestled in row after row, were her dad's nearly 1,000 handwritten letters from World War II. Carefully tucked away and visited only by him over the course of six decades, the letters were postmarked from November, 1942 to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [ATLH Publications] 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 IRISH, AAROL W IRIPeckham, Linda R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catalpa Publications 1999
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4 PECEckert, Allan W.
Summary: Recreates events which actually occurred in the opening up of the Northwest Territory in the period 1700 to 1900 based on written documents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jesse Stuart Foundation 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.8 ECKWarner, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Manitou Islands Memorial Society 2007
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.4635 WarnerPowers, Tom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Friede Publications 2002
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 POW1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 920 POW
Summary: Hondo Lane, a cavalry rider, becomes the designated protector of Angie Lowe and her son, Johnny. Angie, who is waiting for the return of her brutish husband, refuses to leave their homestead despite the growing dangers from nearby warring Native American tribes. Angie's feelings begin to grow for Hondo, but she has no idea that her husband is dead and Hondo is the one who killed him. Special...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.411 GRACline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLIHale, Nathan
Summary: "The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2013
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Summary: Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler share a collection of handwritten love letters that offers a surprising and intimate portrait of the men who occupied the White House. From George Washington to Barack Obama, these are not the presidents we see in history books. Instead, when they courted the women they wanted to marry, or seduced women outside of their marriage, they often showed a side the public...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024