Bright Michigan Morning: The Years of Governor Thomas Mason by Hagman, Harlan L - 1981

Green Oaks Press, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bright Michigan Morning re-creates Michigan in the 1830s. A territory, then a state. Frontier politics. Farms, villages and towns in the wilderness. Wildcat money. Land speculations. Bank failures. The Toledo 'War'. As the first governor of Michigan, Stevens Thomson Mason was a visionary, a pleader of causes, an innovator and enabled the growth of the state.The young governor died at 31, before his merits were made known. Excellent history of the formative years of Michigan growth.