The Romance of Michigan’s Past

Preface  1. Did Donaldson Jettison the Journalists?  2. Bitters, Balms and Bunkum: Michigan’s Humbugs of Health  3. Travelers in Time: Early Tourists Describe Michigan  4. Michigan’s Literary Rogues: They Stole, Swindled, Gulled and Bamboozeled — and Then Wrote Books About It  5. Communists on the Kalamazoo  6. Allan, Pinkerton and the Mystery of the Tell Tale Boot Prints  7. Michigan Crusaders Battle the “Tobacco Abomination”  8. Edward Israel: Michigan’s Arctic Martyr  9. Mediums, Mesmerists and Mystic Medics: Spiritualism in Battle Creek 10. If Only the Walls Could Talk: The Story of White Pigeon’s Land Office 11. Factory Belles of Kalamazoo 12. Bares in the Woods 13. The Great Tomato Scare: Cancer Cure Charlatans in Michigan 14. Preachers on Horseback 15. Call Girls, Con Men and Crazy Ladies    Sources    Index    About the Author