State Gets A Historian

WHERE thistory of Micbígán is concerned, a number of names loom especially large, including F. Clever Bald, director emeritus of the Michigan Historical Collec, tions, and Willis Dunbar, author lof "Michigan." Prof. Dunbar's book is more or less the definitive book of the history of Michigan. But there is still another Michiganian who has written sensitively about his native state. That would be Pulitzer-prize winning historian Bruce Catton. Catton, as anyone knows who read "Waiting For The Morning TraiN greup iífenzie Coúnty, m tiny Benzonia. What he doesn't know about the north country probably isn't worth knowing. His knowledge and experiences qualify him not only as an eminent historian but also as a peerless storyteller. Catton has been selected by the American Association for State and Local History to write a ' ry of Michigan as part of the nation's bicentennial celebration in 1976. The Association chose wisely and Michigan is honored to have so distinguished a son record the events and people which made it great. ï