Maritime Studies

WINNER
Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company
A history of the American Steel Barge Company and the vessels that it built and operated.
Hardcover
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
Songquest
The Journals of Great Lakes Folklorist Ivan H. Walton
The field notes of a pioneering folklorist who collected the songs, stories, and cultural history of Great Lakes sailors in the 1930s.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814344613
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814344606

WINNER
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

WINNER
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
Beyond the Windswept Dunes
The Story of Maritime Muskegon
The first book to document the maritime history of the port city Muskegon combining historical detail and good storytelling.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814331279
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340011
Schooner Passage
Sailing Ships and the Lake Michigan Frontier
Schooner Passage is a history of some of the magnificent sailing vessels and their role in maritime trade along Lake Michigan.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780814329115
Graveyard of the Lakes
A historically accurate, well-rounded picture of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814332269
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339411
Tin Stackers
The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company
Tin Stackers tells its story of the role of the U.S. Steel Corporation's largest commercial fleet.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780814328323

WINNER
A Sailor's Logbook
A Season Aboard Great Lakes Freighters
A firsthand account of life aboard the ships of the Great Lakes.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814328446
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340905
The Northern Lights
Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes
The Northern Lights captures the beauty, history, and significance of lighthouses on the Great Lakes, and illuminates the rich maritime history of the region.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780814325544
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
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
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
Life on the Great Lakes
A Wheelsman's Story
Fred Dutton's fascinating account captures the flavor of working on Great Lakes ships in the early twentieth century.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814322611
Freshwater Fury
Yarns and Reminiscences of the Greatest Storm in Inland Navigation
Freshwater Fury is the first comprehensive history of the Great Storm.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814318287