The story of Upper Michigan, with something of the quality of
Herbert Asbury, this is a panorama of the Upper Peninsula, in tales
of wilderness country, people, solitude. From the pioneering era to
the paternal giant businesses of today, here is a picture of the
booms in copper, iron, lumber, with only iron important in present
production. There are the miners, the multi-nationalities among
imigrants, the ghost towns, the canal and the boats, the life and
death of company towns, the bonanzas, the silver Street girls...and
the conclusion that the country, though not on the crest of the war
boom, is not dead and still retains its toughness. Vigorous
portrait, for the Molbrook market, rather then conventional
regional book market. (Kirkus Reviews)
John Bartlow Martin, a freelance writer who had spent long weeks in
northern Wisconsin and Michigan, was struck with the idea of a book
on Michigan's Upper Peninsula when he was there on his wedding
trip. Returning each summer to the area, Martin discovered the
region's diverse history, full of colorful and interesting
personalities and events. The territory has been wilderness, a
haunt of the Chippewas and the Hurons, copper country, iron
country, lumber country, and lastly, a vacation land. Filled with
stories of adventure and daring, Call It North Country recounts the
lives of miners, hunters, trappers, and lumberjacks-- the hardy
breeds who first populated the harsh land of the Upper Peninsula.
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