Book and Resource List May 8, 2020 - Episode 7

Thanks so much for registering for the Clements Bookworm. Please find below a list of books and resources discussed at today's program on Biographies.

Link to the Recording - May 8, 2020

Peggy Harrington

Petticoat Surgeon: The Extraordinary Life of Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen  Other Resources Rochester Hills Museum: The 1840 Van Hoosen Farmhouse Names of U-M Residence Halls: Bertha Van Hoosen Bertha Van Hoosen papers: 1880-1952 - Bentley Library The Birth of the "Yellow and Blue" song by Charles Mills Gayley

Andrew Rutledge

Lewis Cass and the Politics of Moderation  Clements Library Resources Lewis Cass: from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of publishers. Michigan Territory (1823) View of the great treaty held at Prarie du Chien September 1825 Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas -- in the hands of the “border ruffians” (ca.1856)

Emi Hastings

Bluffing Texas Style: The Arsons, Forgeries, and High-Stakes Poker Capers of Rare Book Dealer Johnny Jenkins Other Resources Calvin, Trillin, "Knowing Johnny Jenkins," The New Yorker, October 30, 1989. (Reproduced in the Clements' latest publication, Americana is a Creed , Chapter 31) W. Thomas Taylor, Texfake: An Account of the Theft and Forgery of Early Texas Printed Documents Michael Blanding, The Map Thief Nicholas Basbanes, A Gentle Madness

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