Authors and Illustrators Database

Chase Salmon Osborn

Born: 01/22/1860  Huntington County
Died: 1949
Parents: George Augustus Osborn, Margaret Osborn
Spouse: Lillian 1st wife died in 1948, Stellanova Brunt, 2nd wife
Children: Ethel, George, Lillian, Chase, Emily, Orren, Miriam
Address(es):
Died at his hunting lodge.
Possom Poke, GA
Interred at Duck Island, his Michigan residence on Sugar Island, near Sault Ste. Marie in the St. Marys River.
Sault Ste. Marie, MI

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Northwood Sketches
- With Stellanova Osborn
Non Fiction, History, Michigan, Travel Adult Lansing, Historical Society of Michigan 1949
Errors in Official U.S. Area Figures
- With Stellanova Osborn
Non Fiction Adult Lancaster, Pa. : The Science press printing company 1945
"Hiawatha" with its Original Indian Legends, Compiled, with Essays on its Authentic Background of Lake Superior country and Chippewa Indians
- With Stellanova Osborn
Non Fiction, Folklore, Michigan History Adult Lancaster, Pa. : The Jaques Cattell Press 1944
Schoolcraft, Longfellow, Hiawatha
- With Stellanova Osborn
Non Fiction, Biography, Michigan History Adult Lancaster, Penn. : Jacques Cattell Press 1942
The Conquest of a Continent
- With Stellanova Osburn
Non Fiction, History Adult Lancaster, Pa., The Science press printing company 1939
Michigan's One Hundredth Birthday: Centennial Address Delivered at Lansing, Michigan, January 26, 1937, before a Joint Session of the Legislature of Michigan, at the Official Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Formal Admission of the State to the Union Non Fiction, Michigan History Adult Self-published 1937
Father Gabriel Richard
- an Address Given at a Dinner Commemorating the 169th Anniversary of the Birth of Gabriel Richard, at the Hotel Fort Shelby, Detroit, Michigan, October 15, 1936
Non Fiction, Michigan History Adult Ann Arbor, Mich. : Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review 1936
The Earth Upsets (Another Terrestrial Motion) Non Fiction Adult Baltimore, Waverly press, inc. 1927
Madagascar, Land of the Man-Eating Tree Non Fiction, Travel Adult New York, Republic publishing company 1924
The Law of Divine Concord : an Ozark revelation. Non Fiction Adult Forum 1921
The Iron Hunter
- Autobiography
Non Fiction, Biography Adult New York : Macmillan Company 1919
The Andean Land (South America)
- 2 volumes
Non Fiction, Travel Adult Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co. 1909
The "Soo": Scenes in and About Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, with Descriptive Text
- Editor
Non Fiction, Michigan, Travel Adult Milwaukee, Wis. : Printed by King, Fowle & Katz 1887
What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed says, " Because of his interest, many thousands of acres of Michigan land were given to various universities. He was also able to persuade the United States to add 40,000 square miles to the official area of Michigan."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Other - Governor of Michigan

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
- Correspondence school Art Instruction School Minneapolis, MN

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Candidate for U.S. Senate and U.S. Vice-Presidency
-  Defeated for both positions.
United States of America 1918-1936
Governor of Michigan
- During his tenure, the state deficit was eliminated; a workmen's compensation bill was sanctioned; and a presidential primary law was authorized.
State of Michigan Lansing, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1911-1913
Regent University of Michigan 1908-1911
Commissioner of Railroads for Michigan State of Michigan 1899-1903
State Game and Fish Warden State of Michigan 1895-1899
Postmaster Sault Ste. Marie, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1889-1893
- Discoverer of Canadian iron range
Newspaper Reporter, Owner
- Newspaper work: Lafayette, Chicago Tribune, Mining News, Sault Ste. Marie News, Saginaw Courier-Herald, and others

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