Ink Trails
Michigan's Famous and Forgotten Authors
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2012
201 pages
978-1-60917-336-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 Frost, and Jane Kenyon draw vital inspiration? The answers to these questions and more are revealed in this rich literary history that highlights the diversity of those whose impact on letters has been indelible and distinctly Michiganian.
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Content
- Intro
- 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 Life
- Ringgold Wilmer Lardner: Life Is More Than a Game
- Carl 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
