The Heartland: Ohio, Indiana, IllinoisHarper & Row, 1962 - 400 pages |
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Page 183
... lake steamer , the traveler had a choice of routes . One way was by water , over Lake Erie to De- troit , up Lake Huron and through the Straits of Mackinac and down the long reach of Lake Michigan to Milwaukee or Chicago . It was a ...
... lake steamer , the traveler had a choice of routes . One way was by water , over Lake Erie to De- troit , up Lake Huron and through the Straits of Mackinac and down the long reach of Lake Michigan to Milwaukee or Chicago . It was a ...
Page 250
... Lake Erie shore . But across the lake in Canada , watching the water with restless eyes and coughing into a stained handkerchief , was a somber young Virginian who had become a confidential agent for the Confederacy . John Yates Beall ...
... Lake Erie shore . But across the lake in Canada , watching the water with restless eyes and coughing into a stained handkerchief , was a somber young Virginian who had become a confidential agent for the Confederacy . John Yates Beall ...
Page 374
... lake freighters and with each other . They made the lake lanes hazard- ous . The German S.S. Betelgeuse , with a cargo of beans for Eng- land and scrap iron for Italy , rammed the new bridge at Bay City on Lake Huron and then went ...
... lake freighters and with each other . They made the lake lanes hazard- ous . The German S.S. Betelgeuse , with a cargo of beans for Eng- land and scrap iron for Italy , rammed the new bridge at Bay City on Lake Huron and then went ...
Contents
THE CURVE OF A CONTINENT | 1 |
PROLOGUEA WHISPER FROM THE GRASS | 3 |
PRAIRIE GIBRALTAR | 11 |
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