Great Lakes
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The Fight for the Fox River Cleanup
The compelling true story of a hard-fought environmental win, set in motion by a tenacious government scientist and an unrelenting journalist—resulting in the polluting companies paying for the $1 billion, 20-year cleanup.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814349588
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814349595

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The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes
Eber Brock Ward, 1811–1875
A Gilded Age industrialist - surrounded by scandal - becomes Michigan’s wealthiest resident and helps shape the nation.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814349939
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814349946

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Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company
A history of the American Steel Barge Company and the vessels that it built and operated.
Printed Paper Cased
ISBN: 9780814344767
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814344774
White Squall
Sailing the Great Lakes
White Squall is a history of the lakes written by those who knew them best in all weather and all eras from the beginning to the present.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780970260611
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780970260697

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The Lake Michigan Mermaid
A Tale in Poems
A modern-day fairy tale told in conversation between a young girl and the mermaid of Lake Michigan.
Printed Paper Cased
ISBN: 9780814342206
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814342213
Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes
Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes traces the evolution of the Great Lakes shipping industry over the last three centuries.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343340
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338353
Queen of the Lakes
Queen of the Lakes, perfect for coffee tables, lakefront cabins, and boat lovers' bookshelves, tells the story of each of the ships that has been honored with the title "Queen of the Great Lakes."
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343364
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814343371

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Brewed in Michigan
The New Golden Age of Brewing in the Great Beer State
A celebration of Michigan craft beer.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814342107
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814342114

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Harborless
Poetry that recounts Great Lakes shipwrecks through imagination and history.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814342428
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814342435
Iron Fleet
The Great Lakes in World War II
Iron Fleet focuses on the vital role played by the Great Lakes shipping industry during World War II.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814324806
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814324790

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Great Lakes Island Escapes
Ferries and Bridges to Adventure
A comprehensive travelogue and guidebook exploring island adventures on many of the 135 islands accessible by ferry or bridge in the Great Lakes Basin.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814340400
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340417

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Lake Invaders
Invasive Species and the Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes
An examination of the ecological damage that has been done by several invasive species in the Great Lakes.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814341247
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814341254

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Little Traverse Bay, Past and Present
Uses historic and contemporary images to trace the region’s evolution to a modern-day tourist destination.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814338193
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338209
Geology and Landscape of Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Vicinity
A fully illustrated field guide to the geology and scenery of northern Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and vicinity.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814334416
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814336168
Star Songs and Water Spirits
A Great Lakes Native Reader
Set in the natural environment of the seasonal year, the selections explain cultural concepts and show how modern Native literature reflects tradition.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780984334001

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A Picturesque Situation
Mackinac before Photography, 1615-1860
From the author of the award-winning Frontier Metropolis, a comprehensive visual history of the straits of Mackinac in pre-photographic images.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814332146
Learning to Cook in 1898
A Chicago Culinary Memoir
Based on the pocket notebook and handwritten recipes of Irma Rosenthal Frankenstein, a young Chicago housewife from the turn of the twentieth century, Learning to Cook in 1898 is a glimpse into American culinary history.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814333648

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A Pocketful of Passage
A fictionalized account of the life of a lighthouse keeper’s daughter and her family on the Great Lakes in the 1940s, written for young readers ages 8 and up.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814333419
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335550

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Eight Steamboats
Sailing Through the Sixties
Recounting his sailing and land roving expeditions during the tumultuous 1960s, Patrick Livingston presents a series of tales centered on ships of the Great Lakes and the men who sail them.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814331750
Graveyard of the Lakes
A historically accurate, well-rounded picture of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814332269
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339411