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True Tales

The Forgotten History of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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True Tales

By: Mikel B. Classen
Narrated by: Rory Young
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What were pioneer days really like in the U.P.?

The combination of mining, maritime, and lumbering history created a culture in the U.P. that is unique to the Midwest. Discover true stories of the rough and dangerous times of the Upper Peninsula frontier that are as enjoyable as they are educational. You'll find no conventional romantic or whitewashed history here. Instead, you will be astonished by the true hardships and facets of trying to settle a frontier sandwiched between the three Great Lakes.

These minutes are populated by Native Americans and European immigrants, looking for their personal promised land—whether to raise families, avoid the law, start a new life, or just get rich...no matter what it took. Mineral hunters, outlaws, men of honor creating civilization out of wilderness, and the women of strength that accompanied them, the Upper Peninsula called to all. Among the eye-opening stories, you'll find True Tales includes:

  • Dan Seavey, the infamous pirate based out of Escanaba
  • Angelique Mott, who was marooned with her husband on Isle Royale for nine months with just a handful of provisions and no weapons or tools
  • Vigilantes who broke up the notorious sex trafficking rings—protected by stockades, gunmen, and feral dogs—in Seney, Sac Bay, Ewen, Trout Creek, Ontonagon, and Bruce Crossing
  • Klaus L. Hamringa, the lightkeeper hero who received a commendation of valor for saving the crews of the Monarch and Kiowa shipwrecks
  • The strange story of stagecoach robber Reimund (Black Bart) Holzhey
  • The whimsical tale of how Christmas, Michigan got its moniker
  • The backstories of famous pioneers, such as Peter White, George Shiras III, Governor Chase Osborn, and many others
©2022 Mikel Classen (P)2022 Mikel Classen
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stories well told. those now exposed once lived now lived again. history stays present as long as it told.

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Wow not even local to me but sucked me in great history and storytelling. Loved it. Like the narration quite well too.

Really enjoyed this!

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Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

excellent

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not bad, not awesome, interesting and worth the time on a road trip... my having lived in Wisconsin and Michigan didn't hurt my interest level

good enough to read

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