Stonehouse, Frederick.

Summary: "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.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2001

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Alexander, Jeff

Summary: "The St. Lawrence Seaway was considered one of the world's greatest engineering achievements when it opened in 1959. The $1 billion project-a series of locks, canals, and dams that tamed the ferocious St. Lawrence River-opened the Great Lakes to the global shipping industry. Linking ports on lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario to shipping hubs on the world's seven seas increased...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2009

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Campbell, Robert B.

Summary: Robert Campbell's Classic Ships of the Great Lakes presents a visually stunning array of historical and present-day inland shipping including passenger ships, whaleback, bulk carriers, self-unloaders, cement carriers, oil tankers, car ferries, super ships, and more.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 2015

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Stonehouse, Frederick

Summary: Although the Great Lakes never had swashbuckling pirates like those that swept the Caribbean Seas, leaving a crimson wake behind, there were low-lifes willing to rob, pillage and slit a throat when the opportunity presented itself. Learn about "moon cussing," "mickeys" and other sordid happenings on and around the Great Lakes.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios, Inc. 2013

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Boles, Frank

Summary: "The Great Lakes create a vast transportation network that supports a massive shipping industry. In this volume, seamanship, cargo, competition, cooperation, technology, engineering, business, unions, government decisions, and international agreements all come together to create a story of unrivaled interest about the Great Lakes ships and the crews that sailed them in the twentieth century....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2017

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Dennis, Jerry.

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2011

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Oleszewski, Wes

Summary: "Those who had yet to be born when World War II raged cannot imagine the fear, anger, suffering and sacrifice experienced by those who witnessed and fought in that conflict. Not only was freedom threatened, but the very fabric of human civilization was in danger. In order to preserve their very existence, free people had to mobilize and fight the evil that threatened to envelope the world. When...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios, Inc. 2018

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Kotzian, John

Summary: "This book tells the life story of the Reverend William H. Law, a story that has never been told before. The Reverend Law was in peril on the Great Lakes and was rescued by a U.S. Life-Saving Service Station crew. As a result of that rescue, seeing their heroic efforts first hand, Reverend Law dedicated the rest of his life to the men and women stationed at Light and Life-Saving stations...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios, Inc. 2014

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Shumaker, Heather

Summary: Saving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes is a suspenseful and intimate land conservation adventure story set in the Great Lakes heartland. The story spans more than forty years, following the fate of a magnificent sand dune on Lake Michigan and the people who care about it. Author and narrator Heather Shumaker shares the remarkable untold stories behind...

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Publisher / Publication Date: A Painted Turtle book 2017

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Schumacher, Michael

Summary: On Thursday, November 6, the Detroit News forecasted 2moderate to brisk3 winds for the Great Lakes. On Friday, the Port Huron Times-Herald predicted a 2moderately severe3 storm. Hourly the warnings became more and more dire. Weather forecasting was in its infancy, however, and radio communication was not much better; by the time it became clear that a freshwater hurricane of epic proportions...

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2013

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Rosenstock, Barb

Summary: "A picture book about the five largest lakes in North America - how they formed, the importance of these waters, and how they've become a national treasure"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2012

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Damm, Peter L.

Summary: Stories of a young boy's journey to adulthood in small town rural Upper Midwest in the 1950s and 60s. A funny, poignant, moving and beautifully written memoir about the challenges, mischief, fears and lessons of growing up as the youngest of five brothers and one sister, Catholic education, the natural world, trying to understand religious and adult mysteries, honor, family, truth and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2019

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Robertson, Joanne

Summary: "This is the story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother (Nokomis) Josephine Mandamin and her great love for Nibi (Water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi for future generations, and for all life on the planet. She, along with other women, men, and youth, have walked around all of the Great Lakes from the four salt waters - or oceans - all the way to Lake Superior. The...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Grady, Wayne

Contents: The freshwater seas -- Foundation stones -- The Boreal Forest -- The Great Lakes--St. Lawrence Forest -- The Carolinian Forest -- Life in the margins -- Water world -- Invasions -- The future of the Great Lakes.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2007

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Cleland, Charles E.

Summary: For many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, Michigan's native peoples, the Anishnabeg, thrived in the forests and along the shores of the Great Lakes. Theirs were cultures in delicate social balance and in economic harmony with the natural order. Rites of Conquest details the struggles of Michigan Indians - the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, and their neighbors - to maintain...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Michigan Press 1992

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Kadar, Wayne Louis.

Summary: "This book tells the tales of some of each, heroes who risked all to save the lives of others and those whose lust for money justified their lack of morals. There are the courageous men and women of the United State[s] and Canadian Life-Saving Service and Coast Guard who have heroically risked their lives when the lives of others were in peril. In contrast to the heroics some people have...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2009

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Niewenhuis, Loreen.

Summary: In the final book in her Great Lakes Adventure trilogy, Loreen Niewenhuis launches off the shoreline to explore the islands of the Great Lakes Basin.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crickhollow Books 2015

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Oleszewski, Wes

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Annin, Peter.

Contents: Hope and hopelessness -- To have and have not -- The Aral experiment -- Rising temperatures, falling water? -- Aversion to diversion -- Battle lines and skirmishes -- Reversing a river -- Long Lac and Ogoki -- Pleasing Pleasant Prairie -- Sacrificing Lowell -- Tapping Mud Creek -- Akron gets the nod -- New rules of engagement -- The Nova group and Annex 2001 -- Marching toward a compact --...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2006

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Haydamacker, Nelson.

Summary: From the Publisher: Long before popular television shows such as Dirty Jobs and The Deadliest Catch, everyday men and women-the unsung heroes of the job world-toiled in important but mostly anonymous jobs. One of those jobs was deckhand on the ore boats. With numerous photographs and engaging stories, Deckhand offers an insider's view of both the mundane and the intriguing duties performed by...

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2009

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Parkin, Michelle

Summary: "In this book, early fluent readers will learn about famous shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, including the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the Ironton, and Lady Elgin. Learn about the final voyages of the ships and when they were discovered in the depths of the Great Lakes. Real-life photographs and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the history behind each shipwreck....

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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