03348nam 2200625Ia 450 991080786170332120240416205146.01-62895-083-81-60917-336-8(CKB)2550000000106360(EBL)1810043(SSID)ssj0000656584(PQKBManifestationID)11395547(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000656584(PQKBWorkID)10634660(PQKB)10423966(MiAaPQ)EBC3338265(OCoLC)797833933(MdBmJHUP)muse18699(Au-PeEL)EBL3338265(CaPaEBR)ebr10567667(OCoLC)923249688(EXLCZ)99255000000010636020120105d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInk trails Michigan's famous and forgotten authors /Dave Dempsey and Jack Dempsey1st ed.East Lansing Michigan State University Pressc20121 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61186-060-1 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction by Dave Dempsey; Introduction by Jack Dempsey; Southeast Michigan; George Matthew Adams: "Today's Talk"; Kenyon, Frost, and Miller: Arbor Days; Dudley Felker Randall: Urban Trailblazer; Central/South Central Michigan; William McKendree Carleton: Verse Virtuoso; James Oliver Curwood: Champion of God's Country; Marguerite de Angeli: Children Don't Forget; Holling Clancy Holling: Beyond Four Corners; Theodore Huebner Roethke: The Purity of Despair; Maritta Wolff: Sudden Fame; Southwest Michigan; Liberty Hyde Bailey: A Bountiful LifeRinggold Wilmer Lardner: Life Is More Than a GameCarl Sandburg: Sand Man; Northern Lower Michigan; Charles Bruce Catton: America's Civil War Storyteller; Sara Gwendolyn Frostic: Spirit Indomitable; Eugene Ruggles: Songs for the Underdog; Upper Peninsula; Carroll Watson Rankin: Northern Light; John Donaldson Voelker: Great Character; Notes Long revered as the birthplace of many of the nation's best-known authors, Michigan has also served as inspiration to countless others. In this entertaining and well-researched book-the first of its kind-the secrets, legends, and myths surrounding some of Michigan's literary luminaries are explored. Which Michigan poet inspired a state law requiring teachers to assign at least one of his compositions to all students? Which young author emerged from the University of Michigan with a bestselling novel derided by some critics as "vulgar"? And from what Michigan city did Arthur Miller, Robert FAuthors, AmericanHomes and hauntsMichiganAmerican literatureMichiganMichiganIntellectual lifeMichiganIn literatureAuthors, AmericanHomes and hauntsAmerican literature810.9/32774Dempsey Dave1957-1604995Dempsey Jack1952-1688932MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807861703321Ink trails4063560UNINA