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The Last Huck   By J.D. Austin

victor June 1, 2024 July 6, 2024Adult Fiction Copper Country, Deborah K. Frontiera, J.D. Austin, Keweenaw 0
Book cover for "the last huck" by j.d. austin featuring an impressionistic painting of three people walking in a misty, wooded landscape, highlighted by the mention of it being one of the most impressive debut novels of the decade.

Review by Deborah K. Frontiera In J.D. Austin’s The Last Huck, two brothers, Nick and Jacob (who is in prison during the main time of the story) and a cousin, Pete, are faced with the necessity of selling the last bit of family land in Upper Michigan’s Houghton County. They…

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150th Jubilee/ St Joseph Church/ Lake Linden, MI.  Compiled by Deborah K. Frontiera.

victor October 20, 2022 July 18, 2022History Deborah K. Frontiera, Keweenaw, Lake Linden, Mack Hassler 0

Review by Mack Hassler Deborah K. Frontiera is a major voice in the writing of a UP literature, and I have been very interested in most of her work across several genres.  She keeps trying new things.  But history is a hard genre to get right.  History is all we…

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Depot by T. Kilgore Splake

victor March 20, 2021 January 9, 2021History Calumet, Copper Country, Keweenaw, T. Kilgore Splake 0

Depot Rediscovers a Forgotten Landmark of Keweenaw’s Heritage Review by Victor R. Volkman One of the fondest memories I have of my father was our train watching visits to the huge and desolate industrial railyards of Detroit.  A few times, in the late 1960s, we made special trips to see…

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