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Strangers and Sojourners: A History of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula (Great Lakes Books)
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by Arthur W. Thurner
Sales Rank: 982829
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List Price: $26.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 408 pages
Published by: Wayne State University Press August 1994
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0814323960
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0814323960
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Book Description
The social history of the communities which now make up Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties.
Publisher Description
Arthur Thurner tells of the enormous struggle of the diverse immigrants who built and sustained energetic towns and communities, creating a lively civilization in what was essentially a forest wilderness. Their story is one of incredible economic success and grim tragedy in which mine workers daily risked their lives. By highlighting the roles women, African Americans, and Native Americans played in the growth of the Keweenaw community, Thurner details a neglected and ignored past.
The history of Keweenaw Peninsula for the past one hundred and fifty years reflects contemporary American culture-a multicultural, pluralistic, democratic welfare state still undergoing evolution.
"Strangers and Sojourners," with its integration of social and economic history, for the first time tells the complete story of the people from the Keweenaw Peninsula's Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties.
Reader Reviews
I agree with another Amazon reviewer that the reading can be a tad 'dry' at times, quite uncustomary for the author. However, it still has that "Thurner style" fast, pleasing pace that precludes excess verbiage and allows for the covering of a rather-broad topic in a single, readable volume. Furthermore, the author is a native to the area, which doesn't hurt his case. For 'complete' coverage of the Copper Country, look no further than Mr. Thurner's three such books.
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