Picnics and Porcupines

Picnics and Porcupines

Author: Candice Goucher

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2024-09-03

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0814351557

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Journey to the edges of the Great Lakes in this engaging history of picnicking, wilderness, and foodways. This stunning venture into the American picnic explores how innovation, exploitation, and the changing wilderness of Michigan's Upper Peninsula have shaped the experience of eating outdoors. From a photo of her grandmother picnicking in 1911, to the outdoor lunches of miners and loggers, to the picnics of vacationing celebrities like Henry Ford and Ernest Hemingway, author Candice Goucher opens an aperture into historic memories of picnics past to consider what the picnic sparks in our senses and to bring the borderlands of humans and nature into view. Through pictures, postcards, paintings, and recipes, Goucher traces the creation of a modern notion of wilderness as it emerged in the North American imagination and popular culture to navigate an entangled environmental and culinary history of the Upper Peninsula. Drawing on themes from Indigenous knowledge and the African American experience to labor activism and women's history, this tantalizing chronicle offers a taste of Americana, seasoned by the changing global forces of industrialization, transportation, immigration, tourism, war, and climate.


Porcupine's Picnic

Porcupine's Picnic

Author: Betsy R. Rosenthal

Publisher: Millbrook Press ™

Published: 2017-02-01

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1512438723

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Porcupine is going on a picnic! First he's joined by Koala. Then Squirrel scampers down a nearby tree. Porcupine offers to share his clover. But Koala eats eucalyptus, and Squirrel loves acorns! What will they all eat? Luckily each animal has brought along the perfect food. Tortoise, Butterfly, Ostrich, and other animals join the fun. Everything is going well until Tiger shows up. Uh-oh! This sweet and slightly scary story is the perfect bite-sized introduction to herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores.


Wonderful Power

Wonderful Power

Author: Susan R. Martin

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780814328439

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This work examines the archaeological record of copper mining in the Lake Superior area.


Independent Man

Independent Man

Author: Harry Barnard

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2002-07-01

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 081433587X

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The only book-length biography of a major Michigan figure who served as Detroit’s mayor and contributed to the early success of the Ford Motor Company. First published in 1958 by Charles Scribner’s Sons, Independent Man is the only book-length biography of one of Michigan’s most remarkable men. His many careers embraced both the business and political spheres. Couzens was a prominent businessman who helped shape Ford Motor Company, but he left the company when he and Henry Ford clashed over politics. Upon leaving Ford, Couzens began his political career, first serving as Detroit’s police commissioner. He went on to a controversial term as mayor of Detroit and then represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate. This book reveals the life of a truly unique and inspirational man.


Story Time for Little Porcupine

Story Time for Little Porcupine

Author: Joseph Slate

Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780761450733

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Before he is ready to go to sleep, Little Porcupine wants to hear--and tell--stories about the Big Porcupine in the Sky, the sun.


Michigan Place Names

Michigan Place Names

Author: Walter Romig

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 718

ISBN-13: 9780814318386

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Michigan Place Names is another "Michigan classicreissued as a Great Lakes Book.


Great Lakes Journey

Great Lakes Journey

Author: William Ashworth

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2003-07-09

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780814328378

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A detailed picture of the status of the Great Lakes at the end of the twentieth century.