When America faced its greatest internal crisis, Michigan answered the call with over ninety thousand troops. The story of that sacrifice is preserved in the state's rich collection of Civil War monuments, markers, forts, cemeteries, reenactments, museums and exhibits. Discover how General George A. Custer and the famed Michigan Cavalry Brigade "saved the Union." Visit the chair that President Lincoln was assassinated in at Ford's Theatre, and view the grave of the last African American Union veteran. With a foreword by Civil War historian Jack Dempsey, this work is the first of its kind to chronicle the many Civil War landmarks in the Wolverine State. Book jacket.

During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. Published in 1941, the WPA Guide to Michigan documents the rich history and economies of the Great Lake State. From the Upper Peninsula to the Lower, and the Straits of Mackinac between, the guide features many photographs of the distinctive geography as well as essays about marine lore, architecture, and—in the essay on Detroit—the nation’s burgeoning auto industry.

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. Table of Contents: The Dan Barry Series The Untamed The Night Horseman The Seventh Man Dan Barry's Daughter The Ronicky Doone Trilogy Ronicky Doone Ronicky Doone's Treasure Ronicky Doone's Reward The Silvertip Series Silvertip The Man from Mustang Silvertip's Strike Silvertip's Roundup Silvertip's Trap Silvertip's Chase Silvertip's Search The Stolen Stallion Valley Thieves The Valley of Vanishing Men The False Rider Other Novels Above the Law Trailin'! Riders of the Silences (Luck) Crossroads The Man Who Forgot Christmas Black Jack The Cure of Silver Cañon Donnegan (Gunman's Reckoning) Bull Hunter Jerico's Garrison Finish The Long, Long Trail Way of the Lawless (Free Range Lanning) Alcatraz The Garden of Eden The Power of Prayer The Rangeland Avenger Wild Freedom The Boy Who Found Christmas His Name His Fortune The Quest of Lee Garrison Rodeo Ranch "Sunset" Wins Soft Metal Under His Shirt The Tenderfoot The Black Rider In the River Bottom's Grip Acres of Unrest Bad Man's Gulch The Whispering Outlaw The Desert Pilot The Mountain Fugitive The Mustang Herder Destry Rides Again The Hair-Trigger Kid (Duck Hawk's Master) The Lightning Warrior The Three Crosses Range Jester Gunman's Gold The Red Bandanna Marbleface (The Tough Tenderfoot) Red Devil of the Range King of the Range (Strength of the Hills)

Provides a look at the network known as the Underground Railroad - that mysterious "system" of individuals and organizations that helped slaves escape the American South to freedom during the years before the Civil War. This work also explores the people, places, writings, laws, and organizations that made this network possible.

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author best known for his thoughtful Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres, he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. Table of Contents: The Untamed The Night Horseman The Seventh Man Dan Barry's Daughter Ronicky Doone Ronicky Doone's Treasure Ronicky Doone's Reward Silvertip The Man from Mustang Silvertip's Strike Silvertip's Roundup Silvertip's Trap Silvertip's Chase Silvertip's Search The Stolen Stallion Valley Thieves The Valley of Vanishing Men The False Rider The Firebrand Claws of the Tigress The Pearls of Bonfadini Internes Can't Take Money The Secret of Dr. Kildare Above the Law Harrigan! Trailin'! Riders of the Silences Crossroads The Man Who Forgot Christmas Black Jack The Cure of Silver Cañon Donnegan Bull Hunter Jerico's Garrison Finish The Long, Long Trail Way of the Lawless Alcatraz The Garden of Eden The Power of Prayer The Rangeland Avenger Wild Freedom The Boy Who Found Christmas His Name His Fortune The Quest of Lee Garrison Rodeo Ranch "Sunset" Wins Soft Metal Under His Shirt The Tenderfoot The Black Rider In the River Bottom's Grip Acres of Unrest Bad Man's Gulch The Whispering Outlaw The Desert Pilot The Mountain Fugitive The Mustang Herder The Sheriff Rides Destry Rides Again Sixteen in Nome The Hair-Trigger Kid The Lightning Warrior The Three Crosses Range Jester Gunman's Gold The Red Bandanna Marbleface Red Devil of the Range Seven Faces King of the Range Seven Mile House John Ovington Returns That Receding Brow Hole-In-The-Wall Barrett The Ghost Out of the Dark Beyond the Finish A Special Occasion The Small World Fixed Wine in the Desert Dust Storm...

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. Table of Contents: The Dan Barry Series The Untamed The Night Horseman The Seventh Man Dan Barry's Daughter The Ronicky Doone Trilogy Ronicky Doone Ronicky Doone's Treasure Ronicky Doone's Reward The Silvertip Series Silvertip The Man from Mustang Silvertip's Strike Silvertip's Roundup Silvertip's Trap Silvertip's Chase Silvertip's Search The Stolen Stallion Valley Thieves The Valley of Vanishing Men The False Rider Other Novels Above the Law Trailin'! Riders of the Silences (Luck) Crossroads The Man Who Forgot Christmas Black Jack The Cure of Silver Cañon Donnegan (Gunman's Reckoning) Bull Hunter Jerico's Garrison Finish The Long, Long Trail Way of the Lawless (Free Range Lanning) Alcatraz The Garden of Eden The Power of Prayer The Rangeland Avenger Wild Freedom The Boy Who Found Christmas His Name His Fortune The Quest of Lee Garrison Rodeo Ranch "Sunset" Wins Soft Metal Under His Shirt The Tenderfoot The Black Rider In the River Bottom's Grip Acres of Unrest Bad Man's Gulch The Whispering Outlaw The Desert Pilot The Mountain Fugitive The Mustang Herder Destry Rides Again The Hair-Trigger Kid (Duck Hawk's Master) The Lightning Warrior The Three Crosses Range Jester Gunman's Gold The Red Bandanna Marbleface (The Tough Tenderfoot) Red Devil of the Range King of the Range (Strength of the Hills)

Forbidden Fruit is a collection of fascinating, largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to be together—and defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property. In the true love stories of Forbidden Fruit, you will meet sixteen couples who fought for love—love between slaves, between slaves and masters, and between slaves and free black folks. There is the fugitive slave from Virginia who spends seventeen years searching for his wife. A Georgia slave couple that sails for England with federal troops trailing behind. A white woman who falls in love with her deceased husband's slave. A young slave girl who is delivered to her fiancé inside a wooden chest. Acclaimed journalist Betty DeRamus gleaned these anecdotes from descendants of runaway slave couples, unpublished memoirs, Civil War records, census data, magazines, and dozens of previously untapped sources. This is a book about people pursuing love and achievement in a time of hate and severely limited opportunities. Though not all of the stories in Forbidden Fruit end in triumph, they all celebrate hope, passion, courage, and triumph of the human spirit.