Author: REIMANN, LEWIS C.
Title: Between the Iron & the Pine: A Biography of a Pioneer Family and a Pioneer Town Iron Ore Centennial Souvenir Edition
Description: Ann Arbor, Michigan: Lewis C. Reimann, 1951. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. AUTHOR SIGNED ON FRONT END PAPER. Hardcover is dark green with gold lettering on spine and front [between two pine trees]. Pages are clean and tight. Signed on back of front end paper, with inscription: " Lewis C. Reimann, 7-4-51". States on copyright page 'this book was especially published in a limited Edition for the Iron Ore Centennial'. Illustrated with b/w photographs. "There is more color per square foot in the Iron River District than any other place I know of....on the early lumbering and mining days of that rugged section of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a factual account of the struggle for a living between the ore and the pine, the fabulous characters who lived there [sic---many still do], the plank-walk days, the wide open saloons, the red iron ore streets and the village life of that era". A great history of a still largely unpopulated, gorgeous, natural part of Michigan, where urban life and many of the modern 'necessities' seem a long way away. Just crossing the Mackinaw Bridge from the lower peninsula to the upper is an adventure in itself, as well as a marvel of engineering. ; B&W Photographs; 12mo, 5" x 7 1/2"; x, 225 pages; Cover has light shelf wear, bumping, 3/8" white line at top of front. Foxing inside front and back covers and end papers. DJ has light shelf wear, nicks on edges, tears, small pieces missing from edges, rubbing/scuffing, sunning on spine; but is intact, in a mylar cover. ; Signed by Author. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

Keywords: Michigan History; Upper Peninsula; Local History; Biography; Mining History; Logging Industry; Pioneer History; Cultural History; Social History; Native American History Juvenile Cultural History History American History Geography Biography/Memoirs/Journa