Usitalo, Kath
Summary: How did a sparsely populated landmass surrounded by Great Lakes and completely separated from the rest of the state become the Upper Peninsula of Michigan? At the end of each winter what do Yoopers -those hardy souls who call the UP home -measure with a 30-foot tall thermometer? And should you put ketchup or gravy on a pasty? You ll find the answers to these questions and many more in Secret...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reedy Press 2019
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Summary: Touring Michigan's Upper Peninsula (U.P.) is like taking a two-week trip by station wagon. Not in terms of time---you can sample plenty if four days is all you have. It's about stepping back and appreciating a place of raw scenic beauty dotted with roadside attractions, blinker-light towns, rustic cabins and hand-painted signs advertising smoked fish and homemade jam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reedy Press 2017
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Summary: To the Anishinaabe-Ojibwa people it was a gathering place, a sacred burial ground, and the home of the Great Spirit Gitchie Manitou. Throughout the 1600s French voyageurs, explorers, missionaries, and fur traders arrived at Mackinac Island. Its strategic location in the straits between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas made it a military outpost the British and Americans found worth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reedy Press, LLC 2018