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Tyler R. Tichelaar


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Tyler R. Tichelaar is a seventh generation resident of Marquette, Michigan, the setting for his historical novels. Tyler has a Ph.D. in literature from Western Michigan University and Bachelor and Master’s Degrees from Northern Michigan University. He has lectured on writing and literature at Clemson University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of London. He is currently the Vice-President of the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association. Besides his new novel, “Narrow Lives,” Tyler is the author of “The Marquette Trilogy” composed of “Iron Pioneers,” “The Queen City,” and “Superior Heritage.” He credits the roar of Lake Superior, mountains of snow, sandstone architecture, and family stories as the inspiration for his writing.

Narrow Lives

Tyler R. Tichelaar
Marquette Fiction (2008)
ISBN 9780979179037
Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (4/08) 

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Synopsis: "Narrow Lives" is the story of those whose lives were affected by Lysander Blackmore, the sinister banker first introduced to readers in "The Queen City". It is a novel that stands alone, yet readers of "The Marquette Trilogy" will be reacquainted with some familiar characters.

Written as a collection of connected short stories, each told in first person by a different character, "Narrow Lives" depicts the influence one person has, even in death, upon others, and it explores the prisons of grief, loneliness, and fear self-created when people doubt their own worthiness.