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A Library of Michigan Best Travel Book A former university professor and fifth-generation
descendant of Cornish copper miners chronicles his journey
of discovery in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Although the
purpose of his journey was to honor and celebrate the lives
and times of his Celtic ancestors, he savors and describes
the autumn splendors of the beautiful and rugged northern
land and listens for tales of its residents, including a
pioneer of Green Garden, a master maker of flintlock rifles,
a lighthouse builder, and a Copper Country man with a
world-class insect collection and a talent for making music
with the bones Review by Peter Van Pelt, President, Keweenaw County
Historical Society: This enticing tale of roots, branches and fully-flowered
characters, based on his love and respect for his Cornish
forebears, is a generous gift to all of us who have
ancestors of our own or who care about our place and our
history." Excerpt from Going Back To Central: "It is a glorious day in late September and I am going on
a pilgrimage to Central, a ghost town in the Keweenaw
Peninsula of Northern Michigan. I shall go on a sojourn to
the homesite of my forebears and seek their tidings across
the years. More than a century and a half ago, my Cornish
ancestors toiled in the mine there and chiseled a livelihood
and a heritage. They also made a place for me in this remote
and beautiful land. Even though my goal is the former village of Central, I
intend my quest to be an odyssey of discovery, not solely a
destination. My mission is to learn more about the lives and
times of my Celtic predecessors, yet along the way I will
strive to listen for the tales of the land and the unique
and sturdy people who reside in this Superior
Peninsula." From the Publisher: Lon Emerick's great-great grandfather was a miner at
Central (and his great grandfather at the Calumet and Hecla
Mine). The theme of the book is a journey across the U.P. as
it is now and with its natural and human history, (including
several current residents) to end at Central. Included are
portraits of copper miners as represented by his ancestral
family, how they came there, what mining and community life
were like and what Central looks and feels like now. Color and black/white photographs; soft cover. 7" x 10",
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On the Road in Search of the Past
in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
by Lon Emerick
Notable Book - 2004
Midwest Book Awards
May 2004
" Packed full of fascinating information and delicious
stories about the people and places of the Iron Range and
the Copper Country. Lon Emerick is the perfect guide --
balancing the important with the incidental, sometimes
passionate, sometimes droll, always inviting us to the next
place, the next adventure, the next story.
ISBN 13: 978-0-9650577-4-5
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