Author: MORISON, DANIEL; ED. BY GEORGE S. MAY
Title: The Doctor's Secret Journal a True Account of Violence at Fort Michimilimackinac; Written in 1769-1772
Description: Mackinac Island: The Fort Mackinac Division Press, 1960. First Edition (?). Softcover. Illustrated by Dirk Gringhuis. Cover is heavy stapled heavy paper. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with b/w drawings. "Pages from the original manuscript as written by Daniel Morison, surgeon's mate, 2nd Battalion, 60th regiment, Fort Michilimackinac 1769-1772....an innocent evening's entertainment that ends in a wild brawl and an attempted murder, a horse race in which one of the judges arrives late because he has been busy smuggling rum..." Fort Michimilimackinac sits on the norther tip of Michigan's lower peninsula, on the Straits of Mackinaw, from which one can see Mackinaw Island and the upper peninsula. You can still tour this fascinating old fort, see what life was like for the soldiers and the civilians who depended on their protection, in pre-American Revolution times. ; B&W Illustrations; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; 47 pages; Slight shelfwear and fading; on front, discrete date stamp.. Very Good+ .

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