Includes index.

Lures from furs to politics enchant all who visit Northern Michigan -- How the Grand Traverse Indians discovered the white man, not the other way around -- Liquor for furs: why Detroit replaced Michilimackinac as Center of New France -- Intrepid fur trader Madame LaFramboise stymied tycoon John Jacob Aster -- Did economic ferment of Northern Michigan spawn McKinley's assassin? -- Deer hunter stalled for hours at the Straits spurred construction of Big Mac Bridge -- The tumultuous life and disappearance of John Tanner, rival of Schoolcraft -- Comeback of gray wolves ignites decades-old political conflict -- After 117 years, Cheboygan Burt Lake Indians still seek justice for stolen land -- British paddle 360 miles to detour passage, avenge burning of schooner Nancy --Cost of Hemingway's one night at the Perry Hotel in Petoskey? Seventy-five cents! -- "How do you like my book?" asked Hemingway: "not much, movie was worse," replied Jack Parker -- German prisoners often found friends near Michigan prisoner-of-war camps -- Ironworker Dick DeMara recalls "High Life" of Big Mac construction -- Stafford Smith, from desk clerk to owner: his only job has worked out well -- November Requiem: deadly month for ships on the Great Lakes -- When the :Mad Mallard" - Lake Huron - swallowed SS Cedarville -- Where is the Griffon? Mystery disappearance now over three centuries old -- CCC camps days fondly recalled by hale centenarian Fritz Holzheuer -- American bald eagles: comeback species of the century -- Kidnapping was futile attempt by venture capitalist to bail out Perry Hotel -- Did repressive U.S. Indian policy, a sad Northern Michigan legacy, inspire Hitler? -- Sassaba, the Indian "Count", flaunted British flag: General Cass stomped on it -- Epic Gaylord gas well explosion snuffed by Texas firefighter "Red" Adair -- Abundance of fossils in Alpena limestone quarry new tourism draw -- Grayling: the fish that walked one hundred miles and named a town -- Durant castle site on the AuSable so popular sheriff posts map -- Charlton Heston, a.k.a. Moses, fondly recalled Northern Michigan boyhood -- Harbor Springs to Hollywood: Kateri Walker seeks to re-identify her native people -- Idlewild: Michigan's only negro ghost town created by civil rights progress -- Bear whisperer: Spikehorn won battles against conservation officers -- Soo Locks: transiting iron ore from U.P. canal creates U.S. superpower -- Natives from Northern Michigan brought hunting skills, bravery to the Civil War -- Purple Gang violence, prohibition-era crime shakes quiet Clare and Lupton -- Huge cross in the woods sculpture a focal point for visitors to Northern Michigan.