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.

Holland
Holland

Author: Randall P. Vande Water and Mary E. Vande Water

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1467114006

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Holland, Michigan, has a provincial feel while being cosmopolitan, offering the best of both worlds to residents and visitors alike. In 1847, emigrants from the Netherlands founded Holland. For 85 years, the city has remembered its heritage with Tulip Time, a festival that attracts 250,000 visitors each May to view six million tulips. Clinging to tradition, the residents of Holland dress in Dutch costumes to scrub streets and dance in wooden shoes as they are joined by parading bands in the shadow of a 200-year-old windmill. Over the last 50 years, Holland's cultural diversity has evolved along with an outstanding business community in which numerous industries and unique retail outlets flourish. The city is home to Hope College, has won America in Bloom floral honors, contains an award-winning hospital, and features sugar sand beaches.

Holland
Holland

Author: Randall P. Vande Water

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2002-08-13

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1439613567

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On April 26, 1927, Lida Rogers, a Holland High School biology teacher, suggested an idea to members of the Holland, Michigan Women's Literary Club. The idea was that the city present a "Tulip Day" every spring. Two years later, on May 18, 1929, after scores of visitors viewed more than 100,000 tulips along Holland's curbs, Tulip Time became an annual event. The 1930 Holland Evening Sentinel banner headline read: "Tulip Reigns as Queen of City." Throughout the decade, motion picture and radio personalities visited to promote the festival. The Holland Furnace Company, then the city's largest corporation, sponsored special radio programs that were broadcast nationwide. After World War II, Holland saw the festival grow into the nation's third largest annual event. Visitors have enjoyed parades that included street scrubbing, "klompen" dancing, floats, and more than 50 bands. When Tulip Time began, 85 percent of the names in the Holland telephone directory were Dutch. Over time, the community's cultural diversity has evolved and is now reflected in the festival.

Abroad at Home
Abroad at Home

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Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1426214995

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This beautifully illustrated, fact-filled book takes you on a trip around the United States and Canada. Presenting experiences in villages, neighborhoods, and regions that cover the breadth of North America's great global diversity - Chinatowns and Little Italys, of course, but also Polish, German, French, Russian, and Japanese enclaves - as well as landscapes that make you think you could very well be in New Zealand or Provence or Tuscany.

Michigan Day Trips by Theme
Michigan Day Trips by Theme

Author: Kathryn Houghton

Publisher: Adventure Publications

Published: 2021-07-13

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1591939763

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Explore Michigan with the guide to more than 275 of the best destinations, organized by theme so you can decide what to do and then find where to do it. Discover a multitude of unique attractions throughout the Great Lake State. This comprehensive guide is jam-packed with Michigan’s top spots for fun and entertainment. Take a simple day trip, or string together a longer vacation of activities that appeal to you. Useful for singles, couples, and families—visitors and residents alike—this guide by Kathryn Houghton encompasses a wide range of interests. Features You’ll Appreciate Sections divided by theme for easy reference—decide what to do, then figure out where to do it Destinations based on themes such as Festivals, Lighthouses, Science Museums & Nature Centers, and Sports Tips for other things to do in the area Handy size that’s perfect for traveling You’ll Find Beaches, dunes, and waterfalls Breathtaking settings for bird watchers and nature lovers Island destinations, ships, and shipwrecks With Michigan Day Trips by Theme at your fingertips, you’ll always have something to do!

Albertus and Christina
Albertus and Christina

Author: Elton J. Bruins

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9780802821072

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Drawing on previously compiled genealogical information, archival records, and family letters and photographs, the authors have worked diligently to "set the record straight" regarding the Van Raaltes' ancestors and descendants, as well as to provide a document that future historians and genealogists can build on. Beginning with a brief biographical sketch of their lives, the book then traces Albertus and Christina's ancestors and tells the story of each of their seven children who lived to adulthood and their respective descendants. Also included is an account of what happened to the Van Raalte papers and homestead.