The boy governor : Stevens T. Mason and the birth of Michigan politics / Don Faber.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faber, Don, 1939-
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Mason, Stevens Thomson, > 1811-1843.
Governors > Michigan > Biography.
Michigan Territory > History.
Michigan Territory > Politics and government.
Michigan > Politics and government > 1837-1950.
Genre:
Biography.
Local Note:
LM copy 3 part of the Kevin A. Kelly Memorial Book Library collection.
LM copy 3 gift from the Michigan Political History Society (MPHS).
LM copy 3 inscribed by the author "To M.P.H.S., Don Faber".
Physical Description:205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The early years
  • The Michigan frontier
  • Mason, boy in charge
  • Statehood and the Toledo War
  • Building a state
  • The financial panic of 1837
  • The Patriot War
  • The five-million-dollar loan
  • Wildcat banks, failed railroads, and filled-in canals
  • Final disheartenment
  • Death and remembrance.