Bold Boys In Michigan History

Author : Patricia Majher
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814344552

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Bold Boys in Michigan History by Patricia Majher Pdf

Bold Boys in Michigan History—a companion to Great Girls in Michigan History—explores the stories of twenty boys who did some amazing things before they turned twenty years old. Author Patricia Majher presents easy-to-read mini-biographies about both highly acclaimed and lesser-known Michiganders, all of whom have led remarkable lives that will intrigue and inspire. This collection offers a diverse group that represents different cultures, time periods, and parts of the state. Woven into each chapter are life lessons that will encourage young readers to nurture their own passions and stand up for their beliefs. Some boys came from humble beginnings, including boxing champion Joe Louis, who used his athletic ability to raise his family out of poverty. Furtrapper Charles Langlade and Potawatomi chief Simon Pokagon fought hard to preserve their culture in a predominantly white world. Scientist Thomas Edison, Major League baseball player Jim Abbott, and singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder excelled despite having physical disabilities. Some of the boys went on to become men who achieved great things in their chosen area of expertise. Success can come at any age, though, and can serve as motivation to those looking to be inspired. There are many books that celebrate great Michigan men, but very little has been written about accomplished young men. Bold Boys in Michigan History includes photographs, additional reading lists, and suggested places to visit around Michigan. Words that may be unfamiliar to some readers are highlighted in the text and defined in a glossary. Readers between the ages of 8 and 12 will love getting wrapped up in the stories of boys their own age who have lived extraordinary lives.

Author : Virginia Burns
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Women
ISBN : 087842525X

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Bold Women in Michigan History by Virginia Burns Pdf

It takes people of all kinds to shape a place. Abolitionists. Trade unionists. Artists. Scientists. Soldiers. Explorers. Traders. Crusaders. Senators. Designers. Michigan had all of these�and all of them, in this book at least, were women. Written for young adults, Bold Women in Michigan History tells the stories of thirteen extraordinary women. Long before the existence of high-tech weatherproof gear, Madame de Cadillac paddled a canoe across two great lakes to help her husband found Detroit. Magdelaine LaFramboise grew rich as a fur trader. Disguised as a man, Emma Edmonds fought for two years in the Civil War. Lucy Thurman, Waunetta Dominic, and Delia Villegas Vorhauer fought other battles�for rights and social justice for their families and communities. Myra Wolfgang, the �Battling Belle of Detroit,� picketed and struck. Sippie Wallace sang�and lived�the blues. And Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering labored over a vaccine that would save millions of lives. The DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus) shot is still used today. Perfect for school, recreational reading, and the history shelf, Bold Women in Michigan History is a resource for kids and adults who like good stories about real people who made a difference

Author : Theodore J. Karamanski
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 081432049X

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Deep Woods Frontier by Theodore J. Karamanski Pdf

Narrating the history of Michigan's forest industry, Karamanski provides a dynamic study of an important part of the Upper Peninsula's economy.

Author : B. J. Widick
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
ISBN : 0814321046

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Detroit by B. J. Widick Pdf

This revised edition charts Detroit's bitter history of race and class violence, and its particular effect on the city today.

Author : George Newman Fuller,Lewis Beeson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Michigan
ISBN : UIUC:30112049816207

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Michigan History by George Newman Fuller,Lewis Beeson Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1306 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Michigan
ISBN : UCAL:B3499017

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Michigan History Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Newman Fuller,Lewis Beeson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Michigan
ISBN : UIUC:30112049817817

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Michigan History Magazine by George Newman Fuller,Lewis Beeson Pdf

Author : Michigan Historical Commission,Michigan State Historical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Michigan
ISBN : UOM:39015005362333

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Michigan Historical Collections by Michigan Historical Commission,Michigan State Historical Society Pdf

Author : James Harvey Kidd
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4057664097699

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Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman: Historical Sketch of Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade (Illustrated Edition) by James Harvey Kidd Pdf

Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war. "Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman" is a story of the personal recollections of one of the troopers who rode with Custer, and played a part in the tragedy of the civil war. In writing this book, the author's intention was to contribute toward giving Custer's Michigan cavalrymen the place in the history of their country which they so richly earned on many fields.

Author : Walter Romig
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Gazetteers
ISBN : 081431838X

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Michigan Place Names by Walter Romig Pdf

From Aabec in Antrim County to Zutphen in Ottawa County, from Hell to Hooker, Michigan Place Names is a compendium of information on the origins of the state's geographical names. With alphabetically arranged thumb-nail sketches, Walter Romig introduces readers to a host of colorful personalities and episodes which have achieved notoriety, though sometimes shortlived, by devising or lending their names to the state's settlements. Romig spent more than ten years researching and documenting the entries to which he added an extensive bibliography of sources and an index of the personal names used in the text. For the curious, the librarian, the genealogist, or the historian, his book is an indispensable resource. Michigan Place Names is another "Michigan classic" reissued as a Great Lakes Book.

Author : Carrie S. Allen
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781525312540

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Michigan vs. the Boys by Carrie S. Allen Pdf

Hockey meets the #MeToo movement in this powerful debut novel. Michigan Manning lives for hockey, and this is her year to shine. That is, until she gets some crushing news: budget cuts will keep the girls’ hockey team off the ice this year. If she wants colleges to notice her, Michigan has to find a way to play. Luckily, there’s still one team left in town … The boys’ team isn't exactly welcoming, but Michigan’s prepared to prove herself. She plays some of the best hockey of her life, in fact, all while putting up with changing in the broom closet, constant trash talk and “harmless” pranks that always seem to target her. But once hazing crosses the line into assault, Michigan must weigh the consequences of speaking up — even if it means putting her future on the line.

Author : Don Faber
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780472051588

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The Boy Governor by Don Faber Pdf

The definitive biography of the youngest state governor in American history

Author : Jon K. Lauck,Gleaves Whitney
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806192468

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North Country by Jon K. Lauck,Gleaves Whitney Pdf

Travel north from the upper Midwest’s metropolises, and before long you’re “Up North”—a region that’s hard to define but unmistakable to any resident or tourist. Crops give way to forests, mines (or their remains) mark the landscape, and lakes multiply, becoming ever clearer until you reach the vastness of the Great Lakes. How to characterize this region, as distinct from the agrarian Midwest, is the question North Country seeks to answer, as a congenial group of scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals explores the distinctive landscape, culture, and history that define the northern margins of the American Midwest. From the glacial past to the present day, these essays range across the histories of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, colonial imperial rivalries and immigration, and conflicts between the economic imperatives of resource extraction and the stewardship of nature. The book also considers literary treatments of the area—and arguably makes its own contributions to that literature, as some of the authors search for the North Country through personal essays, while others highlight individuals who are identified with the area, like Sigurd Olson, John Barlow Martin, and Russell Kirk. From the fur trade to tourism, fisheries to supper clubs, Finnish settlers to Native treaty rights, the nature of the North Country emerges here in all its variety and particularity: as clearly distinct from the greater Midwest as it is part of the American heartland.

Author : Andrew Teverson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350287594

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A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Modern Age by Andrew Teverson Pdf

How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies? Drawing together contributions from an international range of scholars in history, literature, and cultural studies, this volume uniquely examines creative applications of fairy tales in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It explores how the fairy tale has become a genre that flourishes on film, on TV, and in digital media, as well as in the older technologies of print, performance, and the visual arts. An essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of literature, history, the visual arts and cultural studies, this book explores such themes and topics as: forms of the marvelous, adaptation, gender and sexuality, humans and non-humans, monsters and the monstrous, spaces, socialization, and power. A Cultural History of Fairy Tales (6-volume set) A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in Antiquity is also available as a part of a 6-volume set, A Cultural History of Fairy Tales, tracing fairy tales from antiquity to the present day, available in print, or within a fully-searchable digital library accessible through institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). Individual volumes for academics and researchers interested in specific historical periods are also available digitally via www.bloomsburycollections.com.

Author : John Bersey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Michigan
ISBN : UOM:39015022649019

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Cyclopedia of Michigan: Historical and Biographical by John Bersey Pdf