The Land of the Crooked Tree
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In 1874, the Hedrick family arrived in L 'Arbre croche or "crooked tree," as the Jesuit missionaries had called it one hundred and fifty years earlier. The wilderness of Little Traverse Bay had just been opened for homesteading, and the Hedricks joined a dozen other white families in the trading post of Little Traverse, situated in virgin forest. From the age of four until he left the area at eighteen, U. P. Hedrick saw the shabby trading post rum...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0814318347
ISBN13:9780814318348
Release Date:January 1986
Publisher:Wayne State University Press
Length:370 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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A Michigan that is forever lost
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is a great book that can be picked up and read from any chapter; it has been written as a series of chapters that are from the authors memory--like "stolen moments" frozen in time. It gives wonderful insight to a Michigan that has been erased with time.
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