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A Voyage to a Failed American Kingdom
A.M. Hickman visits Michigan’s Beaver Island, which crowned a king in the mid-nineteenth century. It offers surreal isolation from the comings and goings of America’s more well-traveled paths—for now. (All photos via A.M. Hickman)
For the second installment of ‘Falling Back in Love with America,’ the Hickmans visit the most isolated, permanently inhabited island on all five Great Lakes.
By A.M. Hickman
10.26.24
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Last month, we introduced a new series from The Free Press called Falling Back in Love with America. It follows the story of Andy and Keturah Hickman, newlyweds who, despite being deeply American, weren’t sure if America would be the best place to start a life together. In his inaugural essay, Andy wrote about the tiny hamlet in upstate New York where h…

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A.M. Hickman
I am a proud woodchuck, a Roman Catholic, and a North Country patriot living in the hinterlands of Upstate New York.
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