Don Faber
Auteur de The Toledo War: The First Michigan-Ohio Rivalry
A propos de l'auteur
Don Faber is author of The Toledo War and The Boy Governor, both winners of the Michigan Notable Book Award. Former editor of the Ann Arbor News, he also served on the staff of the Michigan Constitutional Convention, won a Ford Foundation Fellowship to work in the Michigan Senate, and was a afficher plus speechwriter for Michigan governor George Romney. afficher moins
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- Œuvres
- 3
- Membres
- 36
- Popularité
- #397,831
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 9
Don Faber's book examines these events in great detail, giving lots of context, covering the particulars of the "war" itself, and explaining the consequences (evidently Michigan's Wolverines nickname dates from this clash). While I was mostly aware of the context, I'd not seen it put together so well before, and I'd never seen a serious discussion of the actual conflict. The important consequences are common knowledge to anyone knowledgable about Michigan or Ohio history. Faber judges that Michigan had the better legal case, though both sides could present serious arguments. In the end, what mattered was that Ohio had the votes in Congress.
This book's exceptionally good--a well researched and well told account of a significant event. I highly recommend it to anyone seriously interested in the history of either state. Students of Jacksonian politics should also find it worthwhile.… (plus d'informations)