The Old Man of Flynn's Island


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About The Book

It begins in 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga with the apocalyptic experience of a young Michigan artilleryman. It ends in 1913 with a vision of the same man an indomitable spirit now known as The Old Man of Flynn's Island life now passed walking hand-in-hand with the love of his life at peace. It is the story of his life and included are vivid events of his time. Join John Chambers as he flees the battlefield becomes a bounty jumper later a prisoner a prison escapee and finally a fugitive. See through his eyes the Chicago Stockyards at War's end Grand Rapids Michigan and the furniture industry of 1865 and join him as he endures imprisonment at Leavenworth. Experience the building of the transcontinental railroad the Great Chicago Fire and the life and times of a lumberman in northern Michigan's White Pine forests. Discover with him the beauty of the idyllic island home he finds in Higgins Lake a jewel of spring-fed loveliness in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. Journey to Fayette site of iron smelting on Michigan's Garden Peninsula near Escanaba and to the Copper Country of the Keewenaw Peninsula. Return to Chicago and the Great World's Fair the Columbian Exposition of 1893. Finally walk with John Chambers in the years he was known as a hermit again living on his island in Higgins Lake. This is a story of specific local interest. It is based upon the known existence of a hermit that indeed lived on this island in Higgins Lake. As such it will appeal to folks with connections to Higgins Lake Houghton Lake and the surrounding Roscommon County. In addition it is a story of general interest covering as it does experiences of our forefathers in the years from the Civil War to the early Twentieth Century. It is a good read for anyone with a lively interest in the history of these times.
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