Recording of Mikel Classen – author of Points North: Discover Hidden Campgrounds, Natural Wonders, and Waterways of the Upper Peninsula

Season 2: Episode 7–The UP Notable Book Club presents author Mikel B. Classen speaking about his book “Points North: Hidden Campgrounds, Natural Wonders, and Waterways of the Upper Peninsula”

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Mikel B. Classen has been writing and photographing northern Michigan in newspapers and magazines for over thirty-five years, creating feature articles about the life and culture of Michigan’s north country. A journalist, historian, photographer and author with a fascination of the world around him, he enjoys researching and writing about lost stories from the past. Currently he is managing editor of the U.P. Reader and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association. In 2020, Mikel won the Historical Society of Michigan’s, George Follo Award for Upper Peninsula History.
Classen makes his home in the oldest city in Michigan, historic Sault Ste. Marie. He is also a collector of out-of-print history books, and historical photographs and prints of Upper Michigan. At Northern Michigan University, he studied English, history, journalism and photography.

 

 

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