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The aim of this volume is to try to account for Isaiah's
revolutionary vision from two two disciplinary perspectives: one
approach is the historical study of the ancient Near East and the
Bible, and the other rests on the study of international relations
from a comparative, conceptual perspective.
Told in his own wry, dry, tongue-in-cheek subtle humorous style,
Ben Weber, takes the reader on a delightful journey through his
family tree from ancient Germany, through 19th century travel to
the United States and thus to Ohio and Michigan, all by water, to
his grandfather's settling in Nottawa Township, Isabella County,
Michigan. Meet the Webers and their Beal City neighbors. In a
previously unpublished memoir, edited and augmented by Jack R.
Westbrook, Ben J. Weber (above in 1975) relates the story of his
personal quest for his family history.
Walk with us through the streets of this lumber/oil/university town
in the center of Michigan, rooted in the 1855-established
Saginaw-Chippewa Indian Reservation. Inside, we will visit the
homes of hundreds of those who have come before us and, where
possible, see how the structures have changed through the decades.
Join author Jack R. Westbrook, whose five previous middle Michigan
photo history books have put the spotlight on our area's past, on a
photographic journey through the historic core of Mt. Pleasant and
meet some of the residents who have added colorful threads to the
tapestry of our community's past. A portion of the proceeds from
the sale of this book will be contributed to the Mt. Pleasant Area
Historical Society's History Center Fund dedicated to creating a
proposed Mt. Pleasant History Center..
For seven years, retired Michigan Oil & Gas News Managing
Editor Jack R. Westbrook has been furnishing local Mt. Pleasant
publications with local historical photo articles ranging from the
significant to the whimsical. Westbrook was a regular monthly
contributor to the Mt. Pleasant Monthly Magazine with a full page
feature called "The Way We Were." When the Mt. Pleasant Monthly
ceased publication, Westbrook began his "Mid-Michigan History"
ongoing series of regular features in the Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun
daily newspaper. Now Westbrook has assembled those articles, with
relevant pages borrowed from his eight local photo history books
and some never before published pages in this compact photo review
of the Mt. Pleasant area's past. This compact volume is a 134 page
volume of entertaining and educational snapshots of the rich
heritage of mid-Michigan history and lore, guaranteed to furnish
hours of nostalgic pleasure.
A sweeping tale of a Holland, Michigan, Dutch schoolteacher and an
Upper Peninsula Finnish copper miner during the turbulent times of
the 1913 Keweenaw Peninsula copper miner's strike and their
daughter Kiasa, named for a victim of Calumet's Italian Hall
Tragedy. Born of the Michigan copper mines, Kaisa's saga traces her
life to the 1930s oil boomtown of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, where her
life is changed by Michigan's worst oilfield disaster. At Mackinac
Island, Michigan, her chance encounter with a member of the wealthy
Maurice family ultimately leads her to Jekyll Island, Georgia, in
1942. At Jekyll Island, where the Millionaires Club is breaking up
because of the Nazi U-Boat threat to members' safety, Kaisa finds
love and intrigue.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
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++++ Proceedings Before The Assembly Judiciary Committee: In The
Matter Of The Charges Against Ex-Attorney-General Hamilton Ward,
And Hon. Theodoric R. Westbrook, A Justice Of The Supreme Court,
Volume 2; Proceedings Before The Assembly Judiciary Committee: In
The Matter Of The Charges Against Ex-Attorney-General Hamilton
Ward, And Hon. Theodoric R. Westbrook, A Justice Of The Supreme
Court; James M. Ruso Hamilton Ward, James M. Ruso, Theodoric R.
Westbrook, New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing
Committee on the Judiciary The Argus Company, Printers, 1882 Trials
(Impeachment)
This book began as a simple memoir for future generations of C.
John Miller's family. It grew into an inspirational story of
triumph of faith, in self and in God. The reader is taken on the
journey that starts with an oil driller's kid born to a stark life
at the depth of the Great Depression. We follow that kid to the
pinnacle of accolades, selection as one of the 100 Most Influential
People of the Petroleum Century, across all the hilltops and into
the valleys a risky industry and a tough business climate can throw
at those who try to outsmart Mother Nature to find the oil and gas
we need. In the own folksy, friendly manner that is his hallmark,
C. John Miller, America's most honored spokesman for the United
States petroleum independents, guides us through his adventures as
an oilman and as spokesman for the U.S. independent oil and natural
gas exploration industry during the times of the nation's worst
energy crisis to date, in the 1970s .... with cautionary words
about our energy future.
Our town Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, is seen through cameras past and
present in this largest ever photo historical review reaching as
far back as 1875 to as recently as the summer of 2010. Matching
vintage pictures with camera views from the same angle today, local
historian and photo history veteran Jack R. Westbrook turns the
same concise reporting of his five previous books again to his home
town, describing what was there and what the more than 200
locations look like today. In addition to looking at people and
businesses of the past and present, Westbrook turns the camera's
eye on a number of historical homes and the folks who occupied
them. The book is flavored by a local high schooler of the times
description of life in the town in 1920, Westbrook's own 1956 high
school essay on Mt. Pleasant when he was 16 years old and local
interviewer and columnist Burnie Bonnel's inter views with notables
of the past. This is the most comprehensive photo history of the
town's growth from village to city ever published and will
introduce the newcomer to Mt. Pleasant's heritage and provide hours
of nostalgia to longtime residents, as well as being a welcome
addition to any historian's bookshelf. A portion of the proceeds
from the new book's sale will be devoted to the Veterans Memorial
Library at Mt. Pleasant for the purchase of a ProScan 1000
microfilm reader system to replace the library's outmoded microfilm
readers. The new machine will allow downloads, in a variety of
electronic formats, of articles from newspapers past.
A compendium of photographs of Isabella County one room schools
circa the late 1800s through the 1940s. with modern photos of sites
presently occupied by the school buildings in current use for other
purposes.
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