Michiganians You Should Know: (Plus Some You Do and Don't Know Why) - Michael J. Thorp

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Book description:

Michiganians have some amazing stories, and veteran broadcaster and author Michael J. Thorp is just the guy to tell them. Have you heard about the Michigan priest who worked at a prison guarding the Jessie James Gang? How about the Michigan natives who invented the electric stove and the rear-view mirror?

There are stories about:
• the brothers who first called soda, “pop”
• the man who almost drained one of Michigan’s most beautiful lakes
• the mapmaker who made up names to fill his maps of Michigan
• the Mackinac Island resident who discovered the famous Oregon Trail to the West, while heading East
• the Michigan baseball star famous for losing his job
• the Academy Award winning actress who hired a personal trainer to keep herself at the steady weight of 200 pounds.
• the voice of Shaggy

You will be astonished to learn what these Michiganians accomplished, even if you never heard of them before, and maybe even if you have!