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Richard Clyde Ford

Born: 05/17/1870   Clarence Township (Calhoun County) , MI
Died: 1951
Parents: Charles Alabert and Meranda Elizabeth (Floyd) Ford
Spouse: Grace Augusta Cogshall
Children: Anne Elizabeth; Richard
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Interred:
Highland Cemetery
Ypsilanti , MI

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Red Man or White, A Story of Indian Life in the Northwest Historical Fiction Adult Chicago : Lyons & Carnahan 1931
Heroes and Hero Tales of Michigan
- Dedicated to his grandfathers, Daniel Ford and Richard Floyd "who helped carve out Michigan, the state, with their axes" 		Historical Fiction , Michigan Children Eau Claire WI : E. M. Hale 1930
Sandy MacDonald's Man, a Tale of the Mackinaw Fur Trade
- A young man embarks on a trading expedition with his uncle's fur company. Set on Mackinac Island and in the Upper Peninsula in the 1820's. 		Historical Fiction , Michigan Children , Teen Lansing, MI : Michigan School Service 1929
The White Captive: a Tale of the Pontiac War
- Freed from capitivity, a young man helps defend Fort Detroit during Pontiac's siege. Set in Forts St. Joseph, Michilimackinac, and Detroit 1760-1763. 		Historical Fiction , Michigan Children , Teen Chicago : Rand McNally and Company 1915
Campfire and Trail : a tale of the Pontiac War
- Originally published as The White Captive 		Fiction , Adventure , Michigan History Children , Teen Chicago: Rand McNally 1915
Journal of Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763. Published by Clarence Monroe Burton under the auspices of the Michigan Society of the colonial wars
- Translator: Original French, with English translation of the "so-called Pontiac manuscript." 		Michigan History Adult Detroit : Speaker-Hines Printing Company 1912
De Tocqueville's Voyage en Amerique D. C. Heath 1909
John D. Pierce, Founder of the Michigan School System; a Study of Education in the Northwest
- Co-author: Charles Oliver Hoyt 		Biography , Michigan History Adult The Scharf Tag, Label & Box Company (Ypsilanti) 1905
Elementary German for Sight Translation Non Fiction Adult Boston : Ginn & company 1904
Scheffel as a Novelist (Scheffel als Romandichter)
- His dissertation 		Non Fiction Adult Munich, Germany : Ludwig-Maxmilians-Universität 1900
Other writings:
- Edited German, French textbooks
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Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
- Program for Writers Vermont College of Norwich University

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
President Michigan Authors Association 1934 -1936
Department Head of Modern Languages Eastern Michigan University (Michigan State Normal College) Ypsilanti , MI 1904 -1940
Professor of Modern Languages
- Acquired interest in fishing and French-Canadian tales 		Northern State Normal School Marquette , MI 1901 -1903
Assistant Professor, French and German Albion College Albion 1894 -1899
Teacher Methodist Mission School SingaporeMalaya 1890 -1892
Trustee Michigan Authors Association
Chairman State Historical Commission
Trustee State Historical Society

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