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Contents Prologue 1 1. The Early Years 5 2. The Michigan Frontier 20 3. Mason—Boy in Charge 36 4. Statehood and the Toledo War 48 5. Building a State 75 6. The Financial Panic of 1837 90 7. The Patriot War 102 8. The Five-Million-Dollar Loan 111 9. Wildcat Banks, Failed Railroads, and Filled-in Canals 121 10. Final Disheartenment 138 11. Death and Remembrance 157 Epilogue 178 Notes 181 Index 199 Illustrations following page 110 ...

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