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<strong>Contact: Victor Volkman<br>
(734) 417-4266<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:President@UPPAA.org">President@UPPAA.org</a></strong><br>
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UP Notable Book Club presents a virtual Q&A with U.P. author
Tyler R. Tichelaar, author of the award-winning<em> Kawbawgam: The
Chief, The Legend, The Man</em><em> </em></h3>
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style="color:#006400">UP Notable Book Club</span>:</strong> the
Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the
U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled
author events with winners of the <em>UP Notable Book List</em>.
The 10th event is with seventh-generation Marquette resident Tyler
R. Tichelaar<strong> </strong>who will present his award-winning
original history book <em>Kawbawgam: The Chief, The Legend, The Man</em>.
Tyler's meticulous research of original sources exposes decades of
embellishment and questionable reporting. The events are open to all
U.P. residents free of charge. Read my review of Tyler's book at <a
href="https://www.upbookreview.com/2020/10/10/kawbawgam-by-tyler-r-tichelaar/"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;">The U.P. Book Review</a><a
href="https://www.upbookreview.com/2020/04/01/i-spy-isle-royale-by-susanna-ausema/"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
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underline;">.</a> <br>
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<em><strong>When: </strong></em>Thursday, October 14th, 2021 at 7pm
Eastern / 6pm Central<br>
<em><strong>Where: </strong></em> on the Zoom platform -- please
contact Evelyn Gathu in advance by email: <a
href="mailto:egathu@uproc.lib.mi.us" style="mso-line-height-rule:
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100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;">egathu@uproc.lib.mi.us</a>, or by phone (906)
875-3344. We recommend you borrow a copy of these books from your
local library or purchase from your local bookseller in advance to
get the most out of these events.
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height="210" align="right"></a>Tyler R. Tichelaar has a
PhD in Literature from Western Michigan University and
Bachelor's and Master’s Degrees in English from Northern
Michigan University. He is the owner of Marquette Fiction,
his own publishing company, and of Superior Book
Productions, a professional editing, proofreading, and book
layout company. He is also the former president (2008-2019)
of the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association.<br>
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Tyler began writing his first novel at age sixteen in 1987.
In 2006, he published his first novel, <em>Iron Pioneers:
The Marquette Trilogy, Book One</em>. More than twenty
books have followed. In 2009, Tyler won first place in the
historical fiction category in the Reader Views Literary
Awards for his novel <em>Narrow Lives</em>. He has since
sponsored that contest, offering the Tyler R. Tichelaar
Award for Historical Fiction. In 2011, Tyler was awarded the
Marquette County Outstanding Writer Award, and the same
year, he received the Barb Kelly Award for Historical
Preservation for his efforts to promote Marquette's history.<br>
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While Tyler also writes on such diverse topics as
nineteenth-century Gothic fiction and Arthurian historical
fantasy, he remains engrossed in writing about Marquette and
Upper Michigan as microcosms for the greater American story.
He has many more books in the works. Visit Tyler at <a
href="http://www.MarquetteFiction.com" target="_blank"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">www.MarquetteFiction.com</a>.</p>
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Charles Kawbawgam, “The Last Chief of the Chippewa,” is a legend in
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for allegedly living to age 103
(1799-1902). But few know anything else about him beyond his being
buried in Marquette’s beautiful Presque Isle Park. Kawbawgam
witnessed a period of intense industrial growth and unheralded
change for Native Americans. Growing up at Sault Sainte Marie when
the area was still claimed by Great Britain, his first memory was of
armed Americans coercing his people into ceding their lands to the
United States Government. As the son, nephew, stepson, and later
son-in-law of Ojibwa chiefs, and in time a chief in his own right,
Kawbawgam learned early that he would have to walk a fine line to
keep the peace for his people.<br>
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After temporarily migrating to Canada with other Ojibwa in
disagreement with the American government, he returned to the Sault
where he was recruited to help found the town of Marquette Kawbawgam
would preside over an Ojibwa and metis community that ensured the
white community’s survival during Marquette’s early years, only to
be pushed to the community’s margins as the city grew and prospered.
Yet the admiration and affection he won from whites as well as the
Ojibwa ensured peace and a legacy that lives on today. Kawbawgam is
a story of cross-cultural friendships, survival amid upheaval, and
the importance of community and heritage. <br>
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More information about the U.P. Notable Book list, <em>U.P. Book
Review, </em>and UPPAA can be found on <a
href="http://www.UPNotable.com" style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;">www.UPNotable.com</a><br>
<div style="text-align: left;"><strong>About the Upper Peninsula
Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA)</strong></div>
Established in 1998 to support authors and publishers who live in or
write about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, UPPAA is a Michigan
nonprofit association with more than 100 members, many of whose
books are featured on the organization’s website at <a
href="https://uppaa.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=41e6e3b585&e=fd2c186103"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">www.uppaa.org</a>. UPPAA
welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a UP
connection who is interested in writing.<br>
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Victor R. Volkman, President
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