Bibliograph

Company towns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Christian Holmes

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Label

Company towns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Christian Holmes

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Company towns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Christian Holmes

Summary

In the company towns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a worker's boss did extra duty as landlord, store owner and constable. The on-site mill manager in Simmons, a town named after the furniture maker, even ran a successful baseball team. Built around iron mines and lumber concerns and directed by prominent entrepreneurs like Henry Ford, these industrial hamlets once lined the shores of Lakes Michigan and Superior. Author Christian Holmes uncovers rich stories of struggle and celebration as he explores the vestiges of these vanished communities and their lasting legacy in the identity of the Upper Peninsula

Target audience

adult

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