Albertus C. Van Raalte
Albertus C. Van Raalte

Author: Jeanne M. Jacobson

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2001-03

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780814329672

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A biography of A.C. Van Raalte (1811-1876), founder of a major settlement of Dutch immigrants to America. It discusses the causes for emigration, the hardships of travel to and arrival in a new land, and the tensions between Americanization and maintenance of ethnic and religious heritage.

A Goodly Heritage
A Goodly Heritage

Author: Jacob E Nyenhuis

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Published: 2007-06-06

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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A signal contribution to the fields of church history and theology, this festschrift contains fifteen well-researched essays covering such subjects as religious conflict in the nineteenth century, Hope College history, a noble experiment in unifying community archives, recent ideological conflict in Reformation studies, and contemporary issues in the Reformed Church in America. (Publisher).

Around the Shores of Lake Michigan
Around the Shores of Lake Michigan

Author: Margaret Beattie Bogue

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9780299100001

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This superbly organized guide to the 1,600-mile shoreline of Lake Michigan describes 182 historical sites and points of interest. Generously illustrated, it includes historical sketches, keys to recreation, and a large fold-out planner map.

Family Quarrels in the Dutch Reformed Churches in the Nineteenth Century
Family Quarrels in the Dutch Reformed Churches in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Robert P. Swierenga

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780802847096

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Volume 32 in the HSRCA series chronicles the internal quarrels that have occurred in RCA history, particularly the landmark secessions that occurred in 1850, 1857, and 1882. While exploring the unity and disunity that have characterized the RCA since the Dutch immigration to the United States, this study also points out the righteous motivations that lay behind these struggles and shows how these historic quarrels have their counterpart in contemporary debates over the ordination of women and the church's acceptance of homosexuals.

Waves of Mercy
Waves of Mercy

Author: Lynn Austin

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1441230548

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Austin Returns with a Multi-Generational Historical Novel Geesje de Jonge crossed the ocean at age seventeen with her parents and a small group of immigrants from the Netherlands to settle in the Michigan wilderness. Fifty years later, in 1897, she's asked to write a memoir of her early experiences as the town celebrates its anniversary. Reluctant at first, she soon uncovers memories and emotions hidden all these years, including the story of her one true love. At the nearby Hotel Ottawa Resort on the shore of Lake Michigan, twenty-three-year-old Anna Nicholson is trying to ease the pain of a broken engagement to a wealthy Chicago banker. But her time of introspection is disturbed after a violent storm aboard a steamship stirs up memories of a childhood nightmare. As more memories and dreams surface, Anna begins to question who she is and whether she wants to return to her wealthy life in Chicago. When she befriends a young seminary student who is working at the hotel for the summer, she finds herself asking him all the questions that have been troubling her. Neither Geesje nor Anna, who are different in every possible way, can foresee the life-altering surprises awaiting them before the summer ends.