Mikel B.Classen
Website
Stonington Point Lighthouse - Stonington Peninsula - Delta County - Michigan
Welcome to the website of Michigan writer, photographer and videographer, Mikel B. Classen. Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan
This has already proven to be an interesting year. Right now I'm on the Stonington Peninsula working on a new book. I have a new publisher and we are moving ahead on some long overdue projects. More about that to come in the near future. My current travels are taking me to all parts of the Upper Peninsula so keep your eye out and you might catch me in your neighborhood. In a couple of days I will be at Big Knob State Forest Campground near Gulliver.
We have produced a second issue of the U.P. Reader and it is now on sale. The magazine received quite a few kudos for its first issue including nominations for a couple of the pieces as "Best of the Small Press." I was quite pleased with that for a first issue. The second issue is bigger and better than the first and it is the place to find Upper Michigan authors. Check it out at upreader.org.
To contact me, email: mikel_classen@yahoo.com
Sunset Through Grand Portal - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore - Alger County - Michigan
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From My
Historic Pictures Collection
Hiawatha Mine - Iron River - Michigan
This is taken from an old postcard Ca. 1900. The Hiawatha Mine was a short lived operation that rose and fell over a 20 year period. Many of the mining operation rose and fell within a very short period of time.
If you would like to see more pictures from my historical photograph collection, including past pics from here, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikel_classen/sets/72157630887269582/
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On The Road
Michigan
Mackinac Grille - St. Ignace - Michigan
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My latest video on YouTube
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I'm standing next to the plaque that dedicates the Marquette County Courthouse as a historic site. This is where Theodore Roosevelt came to clear his name in 1913 of a libelous statement made by the editor of the Ishpeming Iron Ore newspaper who had called Roosevelt a drunk in an editorial, a perception that had been following Roosevelt with rumors and gossip of his disorderly and intoxicated behavior. My new book, Teddy Roosevelt and the Marquette Libel Trial, published by the History Press, tells the story of this fascinating trial which would forever change the world-wide perception of an American President.
BOOK SIGNINGS and APPEARANCES
Lake Superior Tales
Teddy Roosevelt and the Marquette Libel Trial
Au Sable Point Lighthouse
Feb 16 - Sault Ste. Marie - Island Books and Crafts - 11 - 3
March 9 - Traverse City - Bookbrokers and Kramers Cafe - Grand Traverse Mall - 2-4
June 28 - Sault Ste. Marie - Engineer's Day Bookfest - Island Books & Crafts - 10 - 4
Au Sable Point Lighthouse
Feb 16 - Sault Ste. Marie - Island Books and Crafts - 11 - 3
March 9 - Traverse City - Bookbrokers and Kramers Cafe - Grand Traverse Mall - 2-4
June 28 - Sault Ste. Marie - Engineer's Day Bookfest - Island Books & Crafts - 10 - 4
Relaxing at the Island Books & Crafts Bookfest in Sault Ste. Marie. I was there with about a dozen other awesome U.P. authors. Photo by Amy Klco
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Now Available From the History Press
Teddy Roosevelt and the Marquette Libel Trial
On the same day Theodore Roosevelt narrowly survived an assassination attempt, his press secretary handed him a newspaper editorial from the Iron Ore, a small town daily located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Its publisher, George Newett, had printed "...Roosevelt lies and curses in a most disgusting way; he gets drunk, too, and that not infrequently, and all his intimates know about it." Tired of having his boisterous personality equated with intoxication, Roosevelt angrily shouted, “Let’s go at him!” and the paper was formally charged with a suit of libel. As the case convened, a cadre of admirals, statesmen and fellow explorers descended on Marquette to testify to T.R.’s unimpeachable personal character in the biggest libel trial of the early Twentieth Century.
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Also Available!!!
Skeleton ship frames surround Au Sable Point, marking a mile-long sandstone reef that reached out into Lake Superior waiting to grab any and all ships that passed by. In an effort to end this tragic loss of lives, the Au Sable Point Lighthouse was constructed to warn mariners of its hidden reef. At the heart of the famed “Shipwreck Coast,” Au Sable Point was a beacon of hope and safety. Mikel B. Classen charts the history of the lighthouse and the dangerous reef that waits six feet under the lake’s surface and serves as the final resting place for so many sailors.
"LAKE SUPERIOR TALES"
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Also available at Amazon, or can be ordered through any bookseller.
E-versions too.
Pirates, thieves, shipwrecks, sexy women, lost gold, and adventures on the Lake Superior frontier await you! In this book, you’ll sail on a ship full of gold, outwit deadly shapeshifters, battle frontier outlaws and even meet the mysterious agent that Andrew Jackson called “the meanest man” he ever knew. Packed with action, adventure, humor, and suspense, this book has something for every reader. Journey to the wilds of the Lake Superior shoreline through ten stories that span the 19th century through present day including “The Wreck of the Marie Jenny,” “The Bigg Man,” “Wolf Killer,” and “Bullets Shine Silver in the Moonlight.”
“It’s clear that Mikel B. Classen knows and loves the Lake Superior area of Michigan and brings it to life in a delightful way. If you want frequent laughs, unusual characters who jump off the page, and the fruit of a highly creative mind, you’ve got to read this little book.”
— Bob Rich, author, Looking Through Water
"JOURNEYS INTO THE MACABRE."
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Also available at Amazon, B&N, or can be ordered through any bookseller.
E-versions too.
Ever wonder what happens when a vampire is turned into a Zombie? Ever attend a seance that went horribly wrong? Ever think of what it would be like to fall in love with a woman that has been dead for 150 years? These are just a few of the experiences you will have on your Journeys Into The Macabre.
NetBound Publishing and author Mikel B. Classen have put together a collection of masterfully crafted horror stories that bring back the richness and feel of traditional gothic horror while adding the sharp textures of contemporary writing that creates a witch's brew of tales unlike anything published before. This is a must for any lover of dark fiction.
Includes:
Deliver Me From Evil
M'Ganga's Curse
Eternity
House of Seances
The Gray Tower
The Sorceress
The Donner Trailer
Senn's Vampire
The Dive
The Late Hero
