Michiganians You Should Know: (Plus Some You Do and Don't Know Why) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798468423851)

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!

Author: Michael J. Thorp
ISBN-10: 8468423858
ISBN-13: 9798468423851
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2021
Pages: 274
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d