Michigan: Off the beaten path |  | Author: Jim Dufresne
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 6654727
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 165
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0871064286
EAN: 9780871064288
ASIN: 0871064286
Publication Date: 1990
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Condition: Good condition, wear from reading and use. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact and has some creases. The spine has signs of wear and creases. This copy may include "From the library of" labels, stickers or stamps and be an ex-library copy.
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Product Description
For travelers looking to avoid crowds, this guide will help them discover the unique "must-see" attractions of the Wolverine State. Go beyond the usual tourist attractions to discover such hidden treasures as the Be Good to Your Mother-in-Law Bridge, Three Oaks Spokes Bicycle Museum, or the Cornish Pump Engine and Mining Museum. Whatever you do when you get to Michigan, get off the interstate-and take this book with you!
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 Poor editing, disinterested Author. March 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The jawdropping number of misspelled streets and towns in this book could form a book of it's own. There were also far too many attractions, restaurants, hotels, exhibits, etc; that have been closed for more than eight years that were included. I had hoped to give this book to relatives just moving back to "The Mitten State" after having lived in the Pacific Northwest for 40+ years. If I had given the book to them before reading it myself to point out favorites they'd be driving in circles and wasting oodles of gas. This book was a "tosser".
 I should have listened September 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I should have listened to the reviewers about this book. VERY weak. Free state brochure gives far more info. Lesson learned
 This is a great book!! July 12, 2004
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book was not intended to show tourists all of Michigan's wonderful attractions, such as the Mackinaw Bridge, Mackinaw Island, etc.(That is why those attractions are not listed in it). This book tells us about all of the "HIDDEN TREASURES" in Michigan. The treasures that one would find if they went down the back roads. This book is excellent. You will not be disappointed. Read the book, pack up your kids, pack some lunches, and go enjoy yourselves by visiting our "hidden" Michigan.
 a guide to little-known Michigan attractions February 4, 2000
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
As a native Michigander, and now a nearby Chicagoan, I found this book both amusing and helpful. I had no idea of some of the little sites and attractions of my native state and used the book on some car trips back home. Of course, the book assumes you are aware of the big tourist attractions so it concentrates on the hidden treasures. I have shared this with fellow Michigan natives and they loved it also.
Metro Detroit area, MI January 10, 2000
17 out of 81 found this review helpful
I'm from Michigan and I'm truly offended at this book...there are a lot of things to see in Michigan, everything from renting a cottage at one of Michigan's countless beautiful lakes both large and small, to hiking the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes, to visiting it's many lighthouses. And that's just in the lower peninsula, I'm not too familiar with the U.P. Yet, the author mentions the attractions worth visiting as the 'bicycle spokes museum?', or the 'Be kind to your mother-in-law bridge?' I've never heard of either one and I've lived here all of my life? They make the state of Michigan and those who live here look foolish and backwards... If this is a book about locations that can be found 'off the beaten path', there is much to be said about Michigan. Some of the most beautiful attractions are located here, which do not appear to be in this book. If the sites described are the featured locations in the book, thanks but I'll pass. One would be better off picking up a free brochure from a travel agency...
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