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The Queen City
In small towns, people depend on each other. In Upper Michigan, through long, harsh winters and economic woes, people form bonds even without blood ties. On this day of civic pride, an entire city became one family, a city filled with people descended from a handful of brave pioneers who came to Iron Bay a century before to build a community which still prospered.
As Marquette s pioneers pass away, new generations forge ahead to make Marquette the Queen City of the North. Here is the tale of a small town undergoing change from horses, kerosene, and telegraphs to automobiles, electricity, and radio. Here is the American Dream played out in the lives of people who overcome the Great Depression and two world wars to celebrate their city s centennial. Old friends from Iron Pioneers return along with a multitude of fascinating new characters. Margaret Dalrymple finds her Scottish prince, though he is neither Scottish nor a prince. Molly Bergmann inspires her grandchildren. Jacob Whitman s children engage in a family feud. The Queen City s residents marry, divorce, have children, die, break their hearts, go to war, gossip, blackmail, raise families, leave and return to Marquette. And always, always they are in love with the haunting land that is their home.
As Marquette s pioneers pass away, new generations forge ahead to make Marquette the Queen City of the North. Here is the tale of a small town undergoing change from horses, kerosene, and telegraphs to automobiles, electricity, and radio. Here is the American Dream played out in the lives of people who overcome the Great Depression and two world wars to celebrate their city s centennial. Old friends from Iron Pioneers return along with a multitude of fascinating new characters. Margaret Dalrymple finds her Scottish prince, though he is neither Scottish nor a prince. Molly Bergmann inspires her grandchildren. Jacob Whitman s children engage in a family feud. The Queen City s residents marry, divorce, have children, die, break their hearts, go to war, gossip, blackmail, raise families, leave and return to Marquette. And always, always they are in love with the haunting land that is their home.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
481 pages, Paperback
First published August 13, 2006
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February 20, 2017
Excellent continuation of the first book. A wonderful way to portray the historical changes to this wonderful city on the shores of Lake Superior.
Well done!
Well done!
February 4, 2010
Author Tyler R. Tichelaar has a way of making characters pulse to life. When I began reading The Queen City: Book Two in the Marquette Trilogy, I felt like I was greeting old friends and encountering new ones. In this second novel that picks up where the last one finished, a new generation is introduced as well as the changes that time and technology bring to the small town of Marquette. Reading the first novel in this trilogy, Iron Pioneers, will certainly make the reader appreciate this one.
Tichelaar’s characters are unforgettable, not because they are superheroes or famous, but because they are everyday folk—human beings with qualities, faults and universal issues we can all relate to. History comes alive through the lives of these characters—lives that, although fictional, mirror those of people who lived through the monumental eras of the World Wars and the Great Depression.
What I admire most about this author is his ability to weave the stories of his numerous well-developed characters together, linking them with true historical events. His novel flows well with every page turned as the reader becomes engrossed in these stories. Never predictable, sometimes heartbreaking, always hopeful, this author’s work is a pleasure to read. I look forward to the last instalment in this trilogy and to see how Tichelaar brings this American multi-generational saga to an end.
Tichelaar’s characters are unforgettable, not because they are superheroes or famous, but because they are everyday folk—human beings with qualities, faults and universal issues we can all relate to. History comes alive through the lives of these characters—lives that, although fictional, mirror those of people who lived through the monumental eras of the World Wars and the Great Depression.
What I admire most about this author is his ability to weave the stories of his numerous well-developed characters together, linking them with true historical events. His novel flows well with every page turned as the reader becomes engrossed in these stories. Never predictable, sometimes heartbreaking, always hopeful, this author’s work is a pleasure to read. I look forward to the last instalment in this trilogy and to see how Tichelaar brings this American multi-generational saga to an end.
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