Faber, Don, 1939-

The boy governor : Stevens T. Mason and the birth of Michigan politics / Don Faber. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012. - 205 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The early years -- The Michigan frontier -- Mason, boy in charge -- Statehood and the Toledo War -- Building a state -- The financial panic of 1837 -- The Patriot War -- The five-million-dollar loan -- Wildcat banks, failed railroads, and filled-in canals -- Final disheartenment -- Death and remembrance.

9780472071586 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780472051588 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780472028788 (e-books)

2012025919


Mason, Stevens Thomson, 1811-1843.


Governors--Michigan--Biography.


Michigan--History--To 1837.
Michigan--Politics and government--To 1837.
Michigan--Politics and government--1837-1950.

F566.M42 / F33 2012

977.4/03092 B