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Author: Kenneth J. Schoon
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9780253012227
ISBN 10: 0253012228
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 28 October 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Calumet Beginnings is very well - written celebration of place. The content is a meticulous compilation of secondary sources enhanced by archival materials. Schoon's passion for local history is evident throughout the volume - - enough so that my family and I exited the interstate to explore the Calumet area several times this summer. Ancient moraine and shoreline remnants, ditch and levee systems, immigrant churches and cemeteries, and historic architectural edifices offer testimonials to the rich history of the Calumet area. These vestiges of the Calumet area's past will be far more meaningful to anyone reading Calumet Beginnings, - Historical Geography 33 2005 What Schoon - an earth science teacher and associate dean of education at Indiana University Northwest - unravels is an academic read that is still understandable for everyday folks seeking more thorough information about the subset of Earth they inhabit. Porter County Sunday Post - Tribune
Calumet Beginnings is very well-written celebration of place. The content is a meticulous compilation of secondary sources enhanced by archival materials. Schoon's passion for local history is evident throughout the volume-enough so that my family and I exited the interstate to explore the Calumet area several times this summer. Ancient moraine and shoreline remnants, ditch and levee systems, immigrant churches and cemeteries, and historic architectural edifices offer testimonials to the rich history of the Calumet area. These vestiges of the Calumet area's past will be far more meaningful to anyone reading Calumet Beginnings, -Historical Geography What Schoon-an earth science teacher and associate dean of education at Indiana University Northwest-unravels is an academic read that is still understandable for everyday folks seeking more thorough information about the subset of Earth they inhabit. -Porter County Sunday Post Tribune
Calumet Beginnings is very well-written celebration of place. The content is a meticulous compilation of secondary sources enhanced by archival materials. Schoon's passion for local history is evident throughout the volume-enough so that my family and I exited the interstate to explore the Calumet area several times this summer. Ancient moraine and shoreline remnants, ditch and levee systems, immigrant churches and cemeteries, and historic architectural edifices offer testimonials to the rich history of the Calumet area. These vestiges of the Calumet area's past will be far more meaningful to anyone reading Calumet Beginnings, -Historical Geography What Schoon-an earth science teacher and associate dean of education at Indiana University Northwest-unravels is an academic read that is still understandable for everyday folks seeking more thorough information about the subset of Earth they inhabit. -Porter County Sunday Post Tribune We always think of a historian as giving accounts of events and people and places of note... Calumet Beginnings was quite a different take on that. He approached history from more of a scientific bent. -
Author Information
Kenneth J. Schoon is Professor of Science Education at Indiana University Northwest. He is author of Dreams of Duneland: A Pictorial History of the Indiana Dunes Region (IUP, 2013) and City Trees.
