About the Author

A native of Michigan with special interest in the Great Lakes, Hudson Keenan is a graduate of Central Michigan University and Michigan State University. He served in the US Army as a Terrain Analyst in Europe. On completion of service, he taught high school science for thirty-five years. Keenan began collecting Great Lakes ship postcards over twenty-five years ago. The growing collection spurred his interest in Great Lakes history. Now in retirement, Keenan has drawn together portions of his collection into this book. He has authored a number of articles for historical journals, mostly on roads and railroads. In 1999 he published a book Storms & Other Extreme Weather Events in Central Michigan.