Author : Sheryl L. Sutter
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 16,55 MB
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0557600766
Read Sheryl Sutter's Spotlight on Michigan!Written as essays for a local government class, Sheryl has compiled these essays into a must have for any classroom teaching the history and dynamics of the great State of Michigan.
Author : Dave Dempsey
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 13,78 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0472116495
Examines the environmental benefits and issues of the Great Lakes through a look at the commercialization, recreation, and population of the businesses and people in its surrounding areas.
Author : Dan Egan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 10,25 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 : Peter Annin
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,78 MB
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 159726637X
The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this unique resource.
Author : Dianna Stampfler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 14,21 MB
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 143966630X
Travel Michigan’s coast—and into the state’s history—with otherworldly tales of the spirits of those who sought to keep its waters safe. Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state, with more than 120 dotting its expansive Great Lakes shoreline. Many of these lighthouses lay claim to haunted happenings. Former keepers like the cigar-smoking Captain Townshend at Seul Choix Point and prankster John Herman at Waugoshance Shoal near Mackinaw City maintain their watch long after death ended their duties. At White River Light Station in Whitehall, Sarah Robinson still keeps a clean and tidy house, and a mysterious young girl at the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse seeks out other children and female companions. Countless spirits remain between Whitefish Point and Point Iroquois in an area well known for its many tragic shipwrecks. Join author and Promote Michigan founder Dianna Stampfler as she recounts the tales from Michigan’s ghostly beacons. “Haunting tales of Michigan’s lighthouses . . . Her stories come from lighthouse museums, friends and family.”—Great Lakes Echo
Author : Maude Barlow
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 25,41 MB
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1773059343
“Canada’s best-known voice of dissent.” — CBC “It’s time we listened to the Maude Barlows of the world.” — CNN In this timely book, Barlow counters the prevailing atmosphere of pessimism that surrounds us and offers lessons of hope that she has learned from a lifetime of activism. She has been a linchpin in three major movements in her life: second-wave feminism, the battle against free trade and globalization, and the global fight for water justice. From each of these she draws her lessons of hope, emphasizing that effective activism is not really about the goal, rather it is about building a movement and finding like-minded people to carry the load with you. Barlow knows firsthand how hard fighting for change can be. But she also knows that change does happen and that hope is the essential ingredient.
Author : Helen Pattskyn
Publisher : Clerisy Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,55 MB
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1578605148
As part of the America's Haunted Road Trip series, Ghosthunting Michigan takes readers along on a guided tour of some of the Great Lake State's most haunted historic locations. With a background in library science, author Helen Pattskyn researched each location thoroughly before visiting, digging up clues for the paranormal aspect of each site. Her approach to each site allows readers to decide whether or not the ghost stories are really true. In Ghosthunting Michigan, Pattskyn takes readers along as she explores some of her home state's most haunted locations, starting with a visit to the Whitney in Downtown Detroit. Some of the other sites include Belle Isle, historic Fort Wayne, the Grand Plaza Hotel, Eagle Harbor, the Point Iroquis Lighthouse, and many more.
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Page : 52 pages
File Size : 18,91 MB
Release : 1982
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Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
Page : 2094 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Law
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources
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Page : 694 pages
File Size : 27,96 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
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