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Legendary Locals of Bay City

2012 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2012
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 196/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Legendary Locals of Bay City by : Ron Bloomfield

Download or read book Legendary Locals of Bay City written by Ron Bloomfield. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who would have thought a city would one day stand where there was nothing but swamp, with long grass--where there was scarcely an opening in the woods, and in which the wolves made plenty of howling. This observation was made by Leon Trombley, one of the first to try to settle in this part of the Michigan "frontier" in the early 1800s. His nephews, Mader and Joseph, would soon follow and ultimately become noted among the area's first permanent residents. The residents of Bay City have always aspired to be legendary, whether by design, accident, or sheer determination. Annie Edson Taylor, the area schoolteacher turned daredevil who would ride her Bay City-built barrel over Niagara Falls (and survive!), is only one among a large group of local legends that includes Olympic champions, community leaders, artists, musicians, scholars, philosophers, and historians.

Legendary Locals of Marana, Oro Valley, and Catalina

2012 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2012
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 161/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Legendary Locals of Marana, Oro Valley, and Catalina by : Barbara Marriott

Download or read book Legendary Locals of Marana, Oro Valley, and Catalina written by Barbara Marriott. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Legendary locals of Marana, Oro Valley, and Catalina, readers will discover the historical riches, courage, and determination of the western spirit that shaped the state and the country.

Lost Bay City

2015 History
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Release : 2015
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 138/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lost Bay City by : Ron Bloomfield

Download or read book Lost Bay City written by Ron Bloomfield. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the phrase "Do you remember?" is uttered in Bay City, it is usually followed by the name of a hotel, restaurant, business, or building. Slowly, many parts of local history have been lost to the sands of time. Fire took many, followed by condemnations and the inevitable advance of progress. An empty lot may be all that remains of a once-prominent structure, but sometimes a new landmark emerges. In the case of one famous address at Center and Water Streets, the Wenonah Hotel rose out of the ashes of the Fraser House, another prominent facade. Seven decades later, the Wenonah, too, succumbed to fire; out of those ashes rose the Delta College Planetarium, a third-generation landmark. Photographs help residents remember, though each person who experienced something firsthand has his or her own distinct connection with these pieces of lost Bay City.

Madonnaland

2016-03-01 Social Science
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Release : 2016-03-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 911/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Madonnaland by : Alina Simone

Download or read book Madonnaland written by Alina Simone. This book was released on 2016-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alina Simone agreed to write a book about Madonna, she thought it might provide an interesting excuse to indulge her own eighties nostalgia. Wrong. What Simone discovered instead was a tidal wave of already published information about Madonna—and her own ambivalence about, maybe even jealousy of, the Material Girl’s overwhelming commercial success. With the straight-ahead course stymied, Simone set off on a quirky detour through the backroads of celebrity and fandom and the people who love or loathe Madonna. In this witty, sometimes acerbic, always perceptive chronicle, Simone begins by trying to understand why Madonna’s birthplace, Bay City, Michigan, won’t even put up a sign to celebrate its most famous citizen, and ends by asking why local bands who make music that’s authentic and true can disappear with barely a trace. In between, she ranges from Madonna fans who cover themselves with tattoos of the singer’s face and try to make fortunes off selling her used bustiers and dresses, to Question Mark and the Mysterians—one-hit wonders best known for “96 Tears”—and Flying Wedge, a Detroit band that dropped off an amazing two-track record in the office of CREEM magazine in 1972 and vanished, until Simone tracked it down. Filled with fresh insights about the music business, fandom, and what it takes to become a superstar, Madonnaland is as much a book for people who, like Simone, prefer “dark rooms, coffee, and state-subsidized European films filled with existential despair” as it is for people who can’t get enough of Madonna.

Wicked Bay City, Michigan

2016-05-30 History
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Release : 2016-05-30
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 592/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Wicked Bay City, Michigan by : Tim Younkman

Download or read book Wicked Bay City, Michigan written by Tim Younkman. This book was released on 2016-05-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join author Tim Younkman for a wild ride into Bay City's wicked side. From unscrupulous lumber barons to Hell's Half Mile, Bay City history casts a sinister shadow. Pope Leo XIII was forced to intervene when rioting Catholic immigrants seized St. Stanislaus Catholic Church and battled one another in the city's streets. The police discovered prostitute Lou Hall nearly beaten to death in the Block of Blazes. And respected publishing mogul Edwin T. Bennett's secret life led to the death of a young woman in a Bay City hotel room.

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