Title: The bark covered house; or, Back in the woods again;
Authors: Nowlin, William, 1821-1884.; Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959; Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959,
Publisher: The Lakeside press, R.R. Donnelley & sons co.,
Year: 1937
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life Michigan; Dearborn (Mich.); Dearborn (Mich.) History.
Contents: Historical introduction -- Reproduction of original title page -- Prefatory not -- Key -- Preface -- Talking of Michigan -- Disagreeable music -- How we got our sweet, and the history of my first pig -- Our second house and first apple trees -- The jug of whiskey and temperance meeting -- How we found our cattle -- Trouble came on the wing -- Hard times for us in Michigan, 1836-7 -- A summer hunt -- How we got into trouble one night and I scared -- The Indians visit us -- their strange and peculiar ways -- The inside of our house -- a picture from memory -- Metheglin, or, the detected drink -- Our road -- how I was wounded -- Prospect of war -- A.D. 1835 -- Fishing and boating -- How I got in trouble riding in a canoe -- Our clearing and the first railroad cars in 1838 -- Trees -- Drawing cord-wood -- how the railroad was built -- the steam whistle -- How I hunted and we paid the mortgage -- Bear hunt of 1842 -- Grandfather's powder horn -- war with pirates -- Light begins to dawn -- Making a bargain -- How I commenced for myself -- Father's old farm in 1843 -- Thoughts in connection with father and early pioneer life -- Father's new house and its situation -- his children visit him -- My watch lost and visit to Canada -- Mother's visit to the East -- 1861 -- Leaving New York City for home.