MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02047cam a22002411 4500
001 11021049
003 DLC
005 20150708073401.0
008 841203s1887 nyuabef 000 0 eng
010 $a 11021049
040 $aDLC$cCarP$dDLC
043 $an-us-mi
050 00 $aF566$b.H87
100 1 $aHubbard, Bela,$d1814-1896.
245 10 $aMemorials of a half-century,$cby Bela Hubbard ... With illustrations.
260 $aNew York,$aLondon,$bG.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press,$c1887.
300 $axvi, 581 p. incl. plates, maps, plans, diagrs. front.$c20 cm.
520 $aThis collection of essays by a noted writer, explorer, and Detroit civic leader offers detailed descriptions of Michigan's geography, geology, and local history in a consciously crafted literary style. Hubbard discusses the natural history of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron; topographical and geological features of Michigan; a geological expedition to the salt springs of the Grand and Saginaw River valleys with the new state's geologist, Dr. Houghton (1837); local factors and the 1837-38 financial panic; and land speculation and settlement. In addition Hubbard writes about Michigan Indians and Indian antiquities; flora and fauna, animal behavior; climatology; and the world of Michigan's French-speaking inhabitants, especially Detroit habitants, rural farmers, and voyageurs (who paddled the waterways as guides, trappers, and tradesmen), comparing the life-styles of French speakers and Yankees. The book is heavily illustrated with sketches of Indian artifacts, landscapes, folk architecture, trees, and diagrams representing the Mound-Builders' ancient garden beds.
530 $aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.
651 0 $aMichigan$xHistory$y1837-
650 0 $aGeology$zMichigan.
856 41 $3General Collections copy 1$dlhbum$f21049$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lhbum.21049
856 41 $3General Collections copy 2$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00160991173