Ralph Ely; founder of Alma; selected 10 acres of old forest on the bank of the Pine River in 1853. In this central-Michigan wilderness; he built a log cabin; a log store; and two steam-powered mills--a sawmill and a gristmill. At first; his growing settlement was called Elyton; but within a few years; it was renamed Alma; memorializing a battle in the Crimean War. Alma was energized by the acquisition of millionaire lumberman and entrepreneur Ammi W. Wright; who poured his resources into the town. Wright encouraged the establishment of Alma College in 1886 and the state Masonic home for the elderly in 1911. Wright laid the foundations for Almas great Republic Truck Company; the largest exclusive maker of trucks in the world by 1920. The discovery of several oil fields prompted the establishment of two oil refineries in Alma in the 1930s and saved the town from the doldrums of the Great Depression. By the 1950s; Alma was a key national manufacturer of house trailers and mobile homes. This photographic panorama reflects the citys economic cycles and its institutions that have given Alma an enviable stability through the years.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Hitchcocks screen writersBy M. YoungIts appropriate that this book is well-written. considering that it begins at the ground-level where Hitchcock began when he made these three films: with the writers of Psycho. The Birds and Marnie. The reader feels brought into the very room in which Hitchcock collaborated with the writers (and tried to work with the ones he dismissed) to create each film from its roots: the scripts. that Hitchcock translated into movies with multiple layers of meanings. The two authors of the book met with the film writers. interviewed them and. its clear. came to know them quite well. A reader gets to know them. too.Ive seen almost all of Hitchcocks films. from those he made in England into his Hollywood years. As an ordinary movie-goer. I was enthralled by the three discussed in "Scripting." Reading it opened up depths that I had not suspected in these films. More dope me. The book earns a five-star rating. And a re-reading.1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. InterestingBy JCNI found the book to be a bit dry but nonetheless very informative. More scholarly than a casual read. My one compliant is that you would think by reading this that Hitchs other films were largely negligible and unimportant. I suppose having all this research on these three great films. the authors werent particularly interested in tying them into the canon as a whole. Some interesting anecdotes but this is definitely for the serious fan/student.
