Exploring the hidden treasures of otherwise forgotten authors while also acknowledging the Michigan-set stories of giants like Hemingway, Dave and Jack Dempsey delve into the state’s literary heritage, as robust, diverse, and inexhaustible as the natural beauty of the place that nurtured it. This second volume of “ink trails” continues to tell the story of the remarkable writers, powerful words, and sublime nature of Michigan in the same well-researched and entertaining prose as the first.
“The Dempsey brothers have done readers a service with this collection of colorful portraits of Michigan authors—those who are world-renowned and especially those who have been undeservedly forgotten. I look forward to exploring the works of a number of writers with whom I was not familiar until I read this delightful book.”
—Jerry Dennis, author of A Walk in the Animal Kingdom and The Living Great Lakes
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Table of Contents: Ink Trails II: Michigan’s Famous and Forgotten Authors
Preface by Dave Dempsey, ix
Preface by Jack Dempse,y xi
Acknowledgments, xiii
Baker and Thornton: Liberal Artists, 1
Mary Frances Doner: Beyond Bodice Ripping, 15
Frances Margaret Fox: A Refuge for Children, 27
Donald Joseph Goines: A Graphic Life, 35
Ernest Miller Hemingway: Man and Nature, 44
James Beardsley Hendryx: Hearty Men and Brave Boys, 52
Russell Amos Kirk: Pillar of Tradition, 61
Della Thompson Lutes: Gallant Figure, 72
Moore and Guest: Hometown Poets, 82
Arnold Mulder: Dutch Americans and Dunes, 98
John Tobin Nevill: Unlikely Yooper, 106
Constance Maybury Rourke: An American Original, 117
Allan John Braitwaite Seager: The Forgotten Hemingway, 126
Glendon Swarthout: Impossible to Pin Down, 136
Harold Titus: Author on the Forestry Frontier, 145
Orlando Bolivar Willcox: Heroic Author, 153
Notes 165
