Author: Mary M. Green
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Category : Pontiac (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Three Feathers, the Story of Pontiac
Author: Mary M. Green
Publisher:
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Category : Pontiac (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Publisher:
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Category : Pontiac (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Pontiac
Author: Ronald K. Gay
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738578149
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Detroit's first mayor, Solomon Sibley, and his wife, Sarah (Sproat) Sibley, were responsible for organizing a group that set out in 1818 for a plot of land 30 miles north, at the confluence of the Huron River of St. Clair (now the Clinton) and several Native American trails. The future town would be named for Pontiac, the warrior chief of the Ottawa Nation, best known for his "Indian uprising" of 1763 against the British at Fort Detroit and Fort Michilimackinac. Many of Pontiac's founding fathers were veterans of the War of 1812. They named their new streets for heroic figures of those struggles: Lawrence, Perry, and Clinton. Two years after settlement, Pontiac became the county seat for Oakland. It would also become a mill town, railroad hub, wagon and buggy manufacturing center, the site of a state asylum, and a mecca for automotive industries. Pontiac was the nation's leading manufacturer of trucks and buses, before and during the heyday of General Motors Truck and Coach division. The construction of the Pontiac Airport in 1928 only enhanced the city's role in southeast Michigan. It has long been a cultural melting pot. Today Pontiac is known as the northern Woodward Avenue terminus for the annual "Dream Cruise."
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738578149
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Detroit's first mayor, Solomon Sibley, and his wife, Sarah (Sproat) Sibley, were responsible for organizing a group that set out in 1818 for a plot of land 30 miles north, at the confluence of the Huron River of St. Clair (now the Clinton) and several Native American trails. The future town would be named for Pontiac, the warrior chief of the Ottawa Nation, best known for his "Indian uprising" of 1763 against the British at Fort Detroit and Fort Michilimackinac. Many of Pontiac's founding fathers were veterans of the War of 1812. They named their new streets for heroic figures of those struggles: Lawrence, Perry, and Clinton. Two years after settlement, Pontiac became the county seat for Oakland. It would also become a mill town, railroad hub, wagon and buggy manufacturing center, the site of a state asylum, and a mecca for automotive industries. Pontiac was the nation's leading manufacturer of trucks and buses, before and during the heyday of General Motors Truck and Coach division. The construction of the Pontiac Airport in 1928 only enhanced the city's role in southeast Michigan. It has long been a cultural melting pot. Today Pontiac is known as the northern Woodward Avenue terminus for the annual "Dream Cruise."
Resurrecting the First Great American Play
Author: Sämi Ludwig
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299325407
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
In the mid-eighteenth century, the Ottawa chief Pontiac (also spelled Ponteach) led an intertribal confederacy that resisted British power in the Great Lakes region. This event was immortalized in the play Ponteach, or the Savages of America: A Tragedy, attributed to the infamous frontier soldier Robert Rogers. Never performed, it is one of the earliest theatrical renderings of the region, depicting its hero in a way that called into question eighteenth-century constructions of Indigenous Americans. Sämi Ludwig contends that Ponteach's literary and artistic merits are worthy of further exploration. He investigates questions of authorship and analyzes the play's content, embracing its many contradictions as enriching windows into the era. In this way, he suggests using Ponteach as a tool to better understand British imperialism in North America and the emerging theatrical forms of the Young Republic.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299325407
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
In the mid-eighteenth century, the Ottawa chief Pontiac (also spelled Ponteach) led an intertribal confederacy that resisted British power in the Great Lakes region. This event was immortalized in the play Ponteach, or the Savages of America: A Tragedy, attributed to the infamous frontier soldier Robert Rogers. Never performed, it is one of the earliest theatrical renderings of the region, depicting its hero in a way that called into question eighteenth-century constructions of Indigenous Americans. Sämi Ludwig contends that Ponteach's literary and artistic merits are worthy of further exploration. He investigates questions of authorship and analyzes the play's content, embracing its many contradictions as enriching windows into the era. In this way, he suggests using Ponteach as a tool to better understand British imperialism in North America and the emerging theatrical forms of the Young Republic.
The Rebirth of Pontiac
Author: Richard Allerton
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Category : Pontiac (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Category : Pontiac (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 2006
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 1 & 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - December)
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 2006
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 1 & 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - December)
Pontiac Young Ottawa Leader
Author: Howard Peckham
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Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Textbooks in Print
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Michigan Authors
Author: Rachel M. Hilbert
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Contemporary Authors
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Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
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Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
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Publishers' Library Bindings in Print
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Category : Library editions
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Publisher:
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Category : Library editions
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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