Call It North Country: The Story of Upper Michigan (Great Lakes Books) [Paperback]

John Bartlow Martin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 281 pages
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press (October 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081431869X
• ISBN-13: 978-0814318690
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,095,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars True insight into the Upper Peninsula, May 6, 2007

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This review is from: Call It North Country: The Story of Upper Michigan (Great Lakes Books) (Paperback)

This book, originally written in 1944, is a true insight into the life of natives of the Upper Peninsula. Martin wrote these stories based on real interviews with the characters of this wild and untamed land. And through the stories one gets a unique perspective on not only the depth with which folks loved this place, but also the various ways in which this land was exploited for its timber, iron ore, and copper. It was in many ways the treasures that this land held that shaped its evolution. And after these treasures were depleted, the true value of the Upper Peninsula was discovered: its pristine and unchanged beauty, and its unique ecosystem, wildlife, and human inhabitants. Folks who stayed and never left, and folks who came and never left, all recognized what a sanctuary existed here. Somehow time has not yet changed the majority of this wonderful place called North Country.