The Way It Was

From the 1850s logging on the Boardman River to 1940s pilot training on mini-aircraft carriers on Lake Michigan; from the brand new Park Place Hotel to Dick Bassetts' hermitage on Bassette Island; from major crossroads to obscure sidings; the leading players and minor characters on the expanding northern Michigan stage kept things busy for 100 years. That was the way it was. And here it is. The nonagenarian Larry Wakefield has also kept busy by bring us this collection that amuse and educate.