A Field Guide to Michigan State History

Alloy, Jan Leibowitz

ISBN 10: 185648730X ISBN 13: 9781856487306

Published by PRC Publishing, London, 2005

Language: English

Condition: Used - Near fine Hardcover

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This book "lists the most important and frequently visited historical sites" in Michigan as well as providing biographies of people important in the state's history and events that helped shaped the state's future. It is arranged alphabetically, and there are photos accompanying many entries. Cities, buidlings historical sites, prominent people of the past, Indians, etc. are all covered in this compendium. The glossy pictorial publisher's covers are clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. Assumed first edition as there is no information to the contrary. ; Color & B&W Photos and Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pages.

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Title: A Field Guide to Michigan State History
Publisher: PRC Publishing, London
Publication Date: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 185648730X
ISBN 13: 9781856487306
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Hardcover with Dust Jacket - Bounded by four of the five Great Lakes - Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior - Michigan boasts the largest freshwater shoreline in the world. No matter where you stand in Michigan you're nver more than six miles from a lake or river. SO it comes as no surprise that Michigan took its name from the Chippewa word Michi-gama meaning "great waters". This lusha nd fertile region attracted Native Americans from as early as 500 BC. The chippewa, Ottawa and Potawatomi tribes who settled here found Michigan to be the perfect base for hunting, fishing and trapping as well as for growing corn, beans and squash. Rich in natural resources, Michigan was an equally enticing prospect for the first European explorers. Following the arrival of Etienne Brule and Jean Nicolet, Michigan was colonized shortly afterwards by the French, who established forts, trading posts and missions. The British wrested control from the French in 1763 and were in turn defeated by the U.S. Army in 1796. In 1837 Michigan was admitted to the United States as the 26th state. . . . Nearly every page boasts color and b/w photos, graphics and maps. Rich resource of Michigan History. Oversize.

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