Michigan: A Bicentennial History
The late Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton is known to millions of readers for his absorbing works on the Civil War. In this book, he turns to his native Michigan to tell a story of what happened when a primitive wilderness changed into a bustling industrial center so fast that it was as if the old French explorer Etienne Brule should step up to shake hands with Henry Ford.The idea that abundance was inexhaustible--that fatal Michigan word, as the author calls it--dominated thinking about the state from the days when Commandant Cadillac's soldiers arrived at Detroit until his name became a brand of car. Viewed in this light, Michi…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-393-34853-8
- EAN: 9780393348538
- Produktnummer: 34247393
- Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1976
- Seitenangabe: 236 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 860 KB
Über den Autor
Bruce Catton was a journalist, Civil War historian, and editor of American Heritage magazine.
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