March 28, 2011
Happy birthday to the Captain
It’s the 175th birthday of this blog’s grandfather, the good Captain Frederick Pabst. His story is dear to my heart, but not really germane to Detroit.
March 28, 2011
It’s the 175th birthday of this blog’s grandfather, the good Captain Frederick Pabst. His story is dear to my heart, but not really germane to Detroit.
March 25, 2010
This blog’s grandfather is Captain Frederick Pabst.
January 12, 2012
Milwaukee’s Captain Frederick Pabst, in his sea-captain days, crossed paths with another captain — Detroit shipping king and mega-millionaire industrialist Eber Brock Ward.
March 9, 2011
On the Belle Isle Casino, where the author will be wed.
January 19, 2011
A tragic Victorian stage actress rises from poverty in Detroit to live in celebrity, if not artistic splendor.
May 3, 2010
Visiting the beer baron delta, where Blatz, Schlitz and Pabst are all eternally locked in their boozy, intertwined legacies.
February 12, 2010
I tried to think about some of my favorite historical couples, but I ended up dwelling on love affairs closer to home.