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A picturesque situation : Mackinac before photography, 1615-1860

Title
  1. A picturesque situation : Mackinac before photography, 1615-1860 / Brian Leigh Dunnigan.
Published by
  1. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2008.
Author
  1. Dunnigan, Brian Leigh.

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Description
  1. xii, 395 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 30 cm.
Summary
  1. Product Description: From the author of the award-winning Frontier Metropolis, this volume presents a comprehensive visual history of the straits of Mackinac in pre-photographic images.
Series statement
  1. Great Lakes books
Uniform title
  1. Great Lakes books.
Subject
  1. Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island) > History > 17th century > Pictorial works
  2. Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island) > History > 18th century > Pictorial works
  3. Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island) > History > 19th century > Pictorial works
  4. Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island) > Description and travel
Contents
  1. Introduction: Photography had not been introduced into the United States at this time -- 1: Most advantageous post in Canada: 1615-1761 -- 2: Post of great consequences in the upper country: 1761-1796 -- 3: Very lonesome place but abounds in high health and exellt-fish: 1796-1812 -- 4: Fortress built by nature for herself: 1812-1820 -- 5: Mackina owes all its consequences to the fur trade: 1820-1830 -- 6: Wildest and tenderest little piece of beauty that I have yet seen on God's earth: 1830-1840 -- 7: One of the busiest little places in the world: 1840-1850 -- 8: Mackinaw's is now in a transition state: 1850-1860 -- Epilogue: Remarkably dull times we are having -- Appendix A: Catalog of Mackinac maps, plans, and views to 1860 -- Appendix B: Descriptive accounts of Mackinac, 1669-1860 -- Appendix C: Historical and architectural chronology, 1615-1860 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Call number
  1. IVH (Mackinac Island) 09-7311
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-383) and index.
Author
  1. Dunnigan, Brian Leigh.
Title
  1. A picturesque situation : Mackinac before photography, 1615-1860 / Brian Leigh Dunnigan.
Imprint
  1. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2008.
Series
  1. Great Lakes books
  2. Great Lakes books.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-383) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2007025941
ISBN
  1. 9780814332146 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  2. 0814332145 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. IVH (Mackinac Island) 09-7311
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