Michigan: A History (States and the Nation) | 
| Author: Bruce Catton
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 556506
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 204
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0393301753
Dewey Decimal Number: 977.4
EAN: 9780393301755
ASIN: 0393301753
Publication Date: October 1984
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 A good history of Michigan August 18, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A good history of Michigan, but don't expect a lot of pictures.
Not a complete history, and some things are glossed over. But still a very worthwhile read.
Yes! M!ch!gan! July 3, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Catton covers two centuries in 11 chapters and just under 200 pages. The book is literally crammed with information in a mishmash of military acquisitions, missionaries, Native American tribes (at least a dozen are mentioned), woods runners, capitalists and (of coarse) politicians. However, Catton makes good use of brevity: he does not waste print on the minutiae of strategic military maneuverings as so many historians do, but rather he carefully selects and explores the details of the social and technological events that shaped the territory, the state and the nation (the "open shop" lumber industry, federal land grant programs, the Toledo strip, "wildcat" banks and the Great Railroad Conspiracy). As historians (and Michiganders) go, Catton is a romantic, and even melodramatic at times, but never boring. This book is thoroughly enjoyable.
Bruce Catton knows my Michigan December 31, 1999
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I live in Ohio, but I was raised in Michigan. Reading this book once a year (as well as the MORNING TRAIN) reminds me of my place in the universe. If you want to know about Michigan, Bruce Catton delievers.
 the book was pretty good,but not the best one that I've read November 2, 1999
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
the book was alright, all of us liked it and in some parts didn't want to put it down. We were also bored in some parts and wanted to go to sleep. When I got done the book I was glad it was over with and I got some information on my part.
the book was pretty good,but not the best one that I've read November 2, 1999
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
the book was alright, all of us liked it and in some parts didn't want to put it down. We were also bored in some parts and wanted to go to sleep. When I got done the book I was glad it was over with and I got some information on my part.
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