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Strang, James Jesse

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Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 1961

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.30924 STR
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 921 STR

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Footprints in the sand : a true historical sketch of when Northwest Michigan was inhabited by Indians, Mormons and fishermen

Summary: Witness the events of the 1850s as Steven Horatio Smith share stories of early pioneer days in Michigan's northwest. From the family's experiences as lighthouse keepers for two northen Lake Michigan lights, encounters with "King" Strang on Beaver Island and Pine River, challenges of obtaining education, skirmishes with the pirating Mormons of Beaver Island, witness of treaty drafting between...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Book Concern Printers 2010