Author : Frank Oppel
Publisher : Secaucus, N.J. : Castle
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,39 MB
Release : 2008-05-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
With hundred of original illustrations, Tales of the Great Lakes encompasses the stories of the men who built the Midwest,
Author : Dwight Boyer
Publisher : New York : Dodd, Mead
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 23,41 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
Author : Charles Cassady, Jr.
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,59 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780764344800
Superior. Michigan. Huron. Erie. Ontario. The Great Lakes have borne Native Americans, explorers, immigrants, bandits and entrepreneurs. Over the years the lake have inspired great tales of life on and around the water. What secrets do the Five Sisters hold deep? Cassady introduces you to the saga and tragedy of maritime ships; notorious lake monsters; and battles on and around the lakes.
Author : Frederick Stonehouse
Publisher : Gwinn, Mich. : Avery Color Studios
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 23,67 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN :
"Stories of wreck and rescue, death and sacrifice, all thread their way through the pages of this remarkable tribute to the 'wickies' of a bygone era. The book speaks of the courage of the old time keepers and their families, not just in rescuing shipwreck victims but also in the tenacity of their daily lives ... Narratives include : The thrilling story of the steamer "George W. Perkins" and it's close encounter with the Lansing Shoal Light during the height of the infamous 1940 Armistice Day storm ; Superior Shoal and the lighthouse that wasn't ; The death of six brave Coast Guardsmen at Oswego, New York in 1942 ; Poverty Island Light and the mysterious treasure ..."--Back cover.
Author : Robert B. Townsend
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 1996-07-26
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1459713494
For more than two hundred years, thousands of giant sailing ships traversed the Great Lakes carrying cargo and passengers. The memory of the romance and elegance of these beautiful ships has almost been forgotten in the search for greater efficiency and speed in our modern world. C.H.J. Snider (1879-1971) chronicled this era in his 1,303 "Schooner Days" columns for Toronto's The Evening Telegram between 1931 and 1954. A great marine researcher and artist, Snider himself worked aboard schooners in his youth and studied first-hand the development of the Great Lakes region. Coupled with Snider's writings are those of Robert B. Townsend, who, besides introducing Snider's stories, adds some of his own.
Author : Dan Egan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 14,28 MB
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0393246442
New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award "Nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative.… Egan’s book is bursting with life (and yes, death)." —Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review The Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior—hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work, and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.
Author : Jay Gourley
Publisher : Fawcett
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 32,72 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Author : Andrea Gutsche
Publisher : Lynx Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 32,17 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Guided tours of remote islands on the Great Lakes.
Author : Dwight Boyer
Publisher : New York : Dodd, Mead
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 13,35 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Shipwrecks
ISBN :
This is the story of the missing "ghost ships" of the Great Lakes, the big freighter and ore carriers of yesterday and today that disappeared, never to be seen again.
Author : Frederick Stonehouse
Publisher : Gwinn, Mich. : Avery Color Studios
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
"From deep sea diver to ship's captain, lighthouse keeper and rescuer, women fill virtually every job of the Great Lakes maritime trade--both past and present. This book relates many untold stories of these remarkable women and their impact on the Great Lakes and sailors lives" -- back cover.
