Michigan

The idea that abundance was inexhaustible--that fatal Michigan word as the author calls it--dominated thinking about the state from the days when Commandant Cadillac''s soldiers arrived at Detroit until his name became a brand of car. Viewed in this light Michigan is a case study of all America and Americans in any state will be fascinated. In a colorful dramatic past Mr. Catton finds understanding of where we are in the present and what the future will make us face.