The Riverman

Stewart Edward White

A skillful river boss is convinced to go into the timber business with a New York lawyer who later turns treacherous. Partially set in “Redding” in western Michigan in the 1870s. Beasecker, Robert, “Michigan in the Novel 1816-2006" Stewart Edward White (1873-1946) grew up in Grand Rapids, MI and was a graduate of the University of Michigan. An avid camper and outdoorsman, Theodore Roosevelt said he was “the best man with both pistol and rifle who ever shot” at Roosevelt’s rifle range at Sagamore Hill. White wrote fiction and non-fiction about adventure and travel, with an emphasis on natural history and outdoor living. Beginning in 1922, he and his wife Elizabeth wrote a number of books about spiritualism. “White’s books were popular at a time when America was losing its vanishing wilderness. He was a keen observer of the beauties of nature and human nature, yet could render...