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Author
Publication Date
2025
Language
English
Description
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking, the bestselling author of The Great Halifax Explosion tells the definitive story of the "Mighty Fitz."
On November 10, 1975, during one of the fiercest storms ever to hit the Great Lakes, the massive freighter Edmund Fitzgerald vanished beneath the waves of Lake Superior, taking all twenty-nine crew members with her. In The Gales of November, acclaimed journalist John U. Bacon delivers...
Author
Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume 2
Publication Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katherine Mayfield, painfully torn from her close-knit Amish community in the frightening ordeal called the shunning, sets out to find the ailing birth mother she has never known.-- (Source of description not identified).
Author
Series
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Publication Date
©1991
Language
English
Description
The Great Lakes shipping industry can trace its lineage to 1679 with the launching on Lake Erie of the Griffon, a sixty-foot galley weighing nearly fifty tons. Built by LaSalle, a French explorer who had been commissioned to search for a passage through North America to China, it was the first sailing ship to operate on the upper lakes, signaling the dawn of the Great Lakes shipping industry that we know today. Steamboats and Sailors of the Great...
Author
Publisher
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Publication Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Shipwrecks are junction points of history. In seeking to make sense of the submerged material culture found in shipwrecks, this book explores maritime-related stories that shaped the Midwest and the nation during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In shipwrecks, we find stories of the frontier, the environment, immigration, politics, and the rise of large-scale agriculture, lumbering, and heavy industry. Individually and collectively,...
12) Homes
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Moheb Soliman's HOMES maps the shoreline of the Great Lakes from the rocky North Shore of Minnesota to the Thousand Islands of eastern Ontario. This poetic travelogue offers an intimate perspective on an immigrant experience as Soliman drives his Corolla past exquisite vistas and abandoned mines, through tourist towns and midwestern suburbs, seeking to inhabit an entire region as home. Against the backdrop of environmental destruction and a history...
Author
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
"In this wondrous and eye-opening exploration, Steve Searles, the reknown and respected "Bear Whisperer" of Mammoth Lakes, takes the reader on a journey into the lives of these remarkable creatures and the world we share. In the late 1990s, the town of Mammoth Lakes, California hired Steve Searles as a hunter to cull half its troublesome bear population. But as he began to prepare for the grim task, the bears soon won him over, and Searles realised...
Author
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Covers the sensational wrecks and maritime disasters from each of the five Great Lakes. It is estimated that over 30,000 sailors have lost their lives in Great Lakes wrecks. For many, these icy, inland seas have become their final resting place, but their last moments live on as a part of maritime history. The tales, all true and well-documented, feature some of the most notable tragedies on each of the lakes"-- Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Publications
Publication Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Lonely Planet's Great Lakes and the Midwest USA's National Parks is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip. Roam idyllic Isle Royale, sail in Voyageurs and explore Wind Cave; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Great Lakes and the Midwest's National Parks and begin your journey now!
16) The Great Lakes
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Publication Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, peoples, and environmental issues of the Great Lakes"--Provided by publisher.
17) Great Lakes
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Publication Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
A brief introduction to the Great Lakes, describing how they were formed, the plants and animals found there, how people use the Great Lakes, and efforts to keep them clean.
Author
Publisher
Belt Publishing
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
The thirty-three writers in this collection grapple with the vastness of the lakes―and the vastness of experience living alongside them. Gabriel Bump explores how his relationship with Lake Michigan changed after losing a friend. For another writer, the water provided the freedom to explore a romance that would have been too complicated on land. Come dive for shipwrecks, harvest manoomin, and visit the disappearing ice caves. Witness the chickadees,...