The Legend of Kitch-Iti-kipi

The Legend of Kitch-Iti-kipi
Author: Carole Hare
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578782515

Kitch-iti-kipi (The Big Spring) is one of Michigan's most popular tourist attractions. Many folk tales exist about this natural wonder found deep in the woods of the Upper Peninsula. Many of those stories were admittedly made up by John I. Bellair, a local businessman in the 1920s, in an effort to attract more visitors to the area. But what is the authentic Native American legend of Kitch-iti-kipi?The story in this book has been passed down orally in the author's Native American family for more than one hundred years. Although Natives seldom write down their folklore, the author's great-great-aunt actually did write this legend in a published booklet which was found when she passed away in 1969. That booklet was the author's inspiration for this book.The Legend of Kitch-iti-kipi reads like a Native version of Romeo and Juliet. In it, the deep love between a handsome brave and a young maiden drives a powerful chief to act out his jealousy. The results are tragic for all three!

Bloodstoppers & Bearwalkers

Bloodstoppers & Bearwalkers
Author: Richard Mercer Dorson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1978
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674076655

Folklore as it comes from the mouths of living storytellers has a matchless authority and conviction. Richard Dorson, living for five months among the Indians, Finns, Canadiens, Cornishmen, lumberjacks, sailors, miners, and sagamen of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, has listened to their tales, which this book reproduces with all their native thunder and salt. Rooted deep in storytelling tradition, these tales hark back to the frontier and immigrant past of an America shaped by many peoples with extraordinary experiences.

Wall of Silver

Wall of Silver
Author: Richard Kellogg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2004
Genre: Silver mines and mining
ISBN: 9781892384287

Lost in Michigan

Lost in Michigan
Author: Mike Sonnenberg
Publisher: Huron Photo
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2017-10-15
Genre: Curiosities and wonders
ISBN: 9780999433201

Based on the popular Lost In Michigan website that was featured in the Detroit Free Press, It contains locations throughout Michigan, and tells their interesting story. There are over 50 stories and locations that you will find fascinating.

Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan
Author: Donna Marchetti
Publisher:
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2000
Genre: Travel
ISBN:

The Witch of Delray

The Witch of Delray
Author: Karen Dybis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2017-10-30
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1439663173

An immigrant woman and her son are accused of murder and witchcraft in this powerful true crime story of corruption in 1930s Detroit. In 1931, the tensions of the Great Depression took hold of Detroit at every level—even spilling over into the investigation of a mysterious murder at the Delray boardinghouse. Amid accusations of witchcraft, Hungarian immigrant Rose Veres and her son Bill were convicted of the brutal killing and suspected in a dozen more. Their cries of innocence went unheeded—until one lawyer, determined to seek justice, took on the case. Following the twists and turns of this shocking story, The Witch of Delray explores the tumultuous 1930s in a city notorious for corruption and reveals the truth of Detroit’s own Hex Woman.