Author: FASQUELL, ETHEL ROWAN
Title: When Michigan Was Young: The Story of Its Beginnings, Early Legends, and Folklore
Description: Autrain, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1981. First Edition Thus. Reprint; Softcover. ISBN: 0932212220. B&W Illustrations; 8.30 X 5.30 X 0.50 inches; 152 pages; Cover has light rubbing/scuffing, a couple of small, tan spots on edges of text block. Softcover has a white spine with red lettering. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Originally printed in 1950, by Eerdman's of Grand Rapids. Illustrated with several b/w photographs. "The name of Ottawa Land was often applied to Michigan because the aboriginal Ottawa nation, decendants of the Algonuins [sic Algonquins], claimed hundreds of thousands of acres of land as their own private hunting preserver in this limitless Inner Empire...We have tried to portray the life and habits of the aboriginal peoples and to tell their stories and legends and their history in so far as the progress of civilization was affected by their contact with the white race [sic]. " Michigan is still known for its great variety of hunting, fishing and forests, besides countless waterways, including 4 of the 5 Great Lakes.. Very Good+ .

Keywords: 0932212220 Michigan History; Michigan Locations; Michigan People; Native American History; Indian History; Great Lakes History; Great Lakes Indians; Folk Lore; Folklore; Native American History Cultural History Animals Education European History History A