No comments about Saginaw/Midland/Bay City, Michigan Pocket Map (American Map).

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No comments about The Michigan Bookstore Book: A Surprising Guide to Our State's Bookstores & Their Specialties for Students, Teachers, Writers & Publishers (Carol Ma).

2 comments about Michilimackinac: A Tale of the Straits.

1. After reading Turrill's book A Bridge To Eden (which is a great read)I was not sure if this book could live up to Bridge. It was written about ten years earlier and is historical fiction. I was impressed with the amount of time he must have spent on this novel. The research and basic story is enough for me to recommend this book. The kicker is that it is so well written. Most historical fiction I have read can be very 'dry' but Turrill keeps it all fresh and moving. After reading both Turrill's books I must say that I look forward to anything he publishes in the future. His literary fiction is great and his historical fiction is very fine. Highly recommended!!



2. An enjoyable read, especially if you're not over-particular about language or have an extensive knowledge of the material culture of the time and place. Read it as a good tale imparting the major historic events; not much is written about Charles Langlade and it ought to be.
   
   The events of history are well-depicted and the story is marvelously readable. The real problems with the book are the lack of understanding of the details of material culture (Natives are depicted with material culture much more in line with what existed 75 years prior to the beginning of the book rather than what existed at the time, for example) and worse, the complete misuse of vocabulary. I was willing to grant the use of "belie" for "betray" - a lot of people make that one. However, there is no excuse for the phrase "its chimney smoked vociferously." That error, and the others like it, should never have made it into the final draft.

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No comments about Lights and shades of missionary life: containing travels, sketches, incidents, and missionary efforts, during nine years spent in the region of Lake Superior. By Rev. John H. Pitezel ....

No comments about Port Huron/Sarnia/St. Clair, Michigan/Ontario.

1 comments about Country Roads of Michigan.

1. I was so grateful to have stumbled on this book the night before we left on our trip to the Upper Pennensula of Michigan. We saw things and went to quaint little out-of-the-way places we never would have found without the book. If you like to get off the main roads and have an adventure, this book is for you. Made me fall in love with my state of Michigan all over again!

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