Upper Peninsula
The Iron Hunter
Autobiography of Michigan’s controversial governor from the Upper Peninsula.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343951
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335857
Uppermost Canada
The Western District and the Detroit Frontier, 1800-1850
Examines the historical, cultural, and social history of the Canadian portion of the Detroit River community in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814344484
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814344491

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To the Copper Country
Mihaela's Journey
A young Croatian girl travels to America hoping to heal her father in 1880s northern Michigan.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814343630
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814343647

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The Way North
Collected Upper Peninsula New Works
A stunning collection of previously unpublished works that provide snapshots of life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814338650
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338667
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
Lake Superior Profiles
People on the Big Lake
Introduces readers to ordinary, offbeat, and interesting people living on and around Lake Superior.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814336281
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814336298
Iron Will
Cleveland-Cliffs and the Mining of Iron Ore, 1847-2006
The history of Cleveland-Cliffs, a company that played a key role in iron mining development in the Lake Superior region.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814335116
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814336434

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Hollowed Ground
Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s
Details a century and a half of copper mining along Upper Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, from the arrival of the first incorporated mines in the 1840s until the closing of the last mine in the mid-1990s.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814334904
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814334584
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814336960
The Diary of Bishop Frederic Baraga
First Bishop of Marquette, Michigan
An introductory biography of Baraga, lengthy passages from his letters, vignettes about persons in the text and a comprehensive bibliography yield an in-depth portrait of mid-nineteenth century life, especially in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814329993

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History of the Finns in Michigan
A history of the Finnish people in Michigan published in English for the first time.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814329740
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814327906
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340004
The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region
Geography, geology, architecture, and biography are joined to create this detailed study of a region and the majestic sandstone with which it was developed.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814328071

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Wonderful Power
The Story of Ancient Copper Working in the Lake Superior Basin
This work examines the archaeological record of copper mining in the Lake Superior area.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814328439
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814328064
The Long Winter Ends
The Long Winter Ends tells the story of a year in the life of a young emigrant miner who leaves Cornwall in the southwest of England to work in the copper mines of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335864
Strangers and Sojourners
A History of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula
Strangers and Sojourners, with its integration of social and economic history, for the first time tells the complete story of the people from the Keweenaw Peninsula's Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814323960
Ojibwa Narratives
Of Charles and Charlotte Kawbawgam and Jacques LePique, 1893-1895
A fascinating collection of fifty-two narratives featuring the tales of three nineteenth-century Ojibwa storytellers.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814325155
The Making of a Mining District
Keweenaw Native Copper 1500-1870
The Making of a Mining District is the first book to fully document the Keweenaw Peninsula of northern Michigan’s large amount of pure metallic "native" state, and the unique value of these deposits.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814324073
Copper Country Journal
The Diary of Schoolmaster Henry Hobart, 1863-1864
Hobart centered his narrative on Cliff Mine, one of the leading producers of copper in the world and the primary employer in the town of Clifton.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814323427
Deep Woods Frontier
A History of Logging in Northern Michigan
Examines the interplay between men and technology in the lumbering of Michigan's rugged Upper Peninsula.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814320495
Danny and the Boys
Being Some Legends of Hungry Hollow
Robert Traver captures the genuine flavor of backwoods life in this story recounting the escapades of Danny and his four croonies.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814319284
Call It North Country
The Story of Upper Michigan
Call It North Country recounts the lives of miners, hunters, trappers, and lumberjacks—the hardy breeds who first populated the harsh land of the Upper Peninsula.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814318690