Publisher's Synopsis
"The New All-too-True-Blue History of Michigan" is a creative history of Michigan (or an "alternative" history, if you will). Events that are covered include, but are not limited to: TIME IMMEMORIAL- Glaciers, Mastodons, Paleo-Indians and So On 1668 - Marquette founds Sioux Buffy St. Marie 1763 to 1766 - Pontiac's Rebellion 1813 - Harrison takes Michigan back for the US 1837 - Free Statehood 1862 to 1866 -- Civil War Creates Soda Pop 1891 -- First International Submarine Railway Tunnel 1895 - Corn Flakes 1924 -- "So Big" 1937 - Flint Sit-Down Strike 1941 - "1913 Massacre" 1957 - Mackinac Bridge Completed 1959 - Motown records formed 1967 - Race Riots 1969 - Grand Funk Forms 1975 - Ted Nugent's Eponymous Album 1976 - Bob Seger's "Live Bullet" Album 1989 -- "Roger & Me" Movie 2001 - "Escanaba in da Moonlight" Most of the events have explanatory images to help you visualize the history lessons.
