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Namesakes series ; 6thBoyer, Dwight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead 1968
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: MIC 910.453 BOYCampbell, 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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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386 CAMBoyer, Dwight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1986
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 910.452 BOYBarry, James P
Summary: From the Indian canoe to the largest ships, this fascinating book carries the reader through three centuries of marine growth and adventure on the Great Lakes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howell-North Books 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 BARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 BARWEINETZ, BOB.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1977
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 387.2 WEIKuttruff, Karl
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1976
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386.22 KUTWEINETZ, BOB.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1977
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 387.2 WEIBoyer, Dwight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977 BOYHavighurst, Walter
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 HAVHemming, Robert J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977.031 HEMOleszewski, Wes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1981
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 GREOleszewski, Wes
Summary: "Exploring the history of the ships of the Great Lakes and the people who worked with them, "All Hands On Deck" will take you from the 1830s to 2010. In between you will meet people who have been long forgotten and travel along on their adventures. You will also meet some who are alive and well and you will see their stories unfold. From the old wooden shipwreck left nearly forgotten on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 OLEKohl, Cris.
Summary: A proven bestseller just got better! New second edition includes the 51 best shipwrecks in the eastern Great Lakes (Lakes Ontario, Erie & Huron). Several new shipwrecks not in the previous edition appear now due to recent discoveries and sinkings. Exciting histories and wreck descriptions. Updated and new GPS coordinates for precisely locating shipwrecks. 122 color photos spread throughout the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seawolf Communications 2005
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KOH VOL 1Call number: 910.452 KOH VOL 2
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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.54 BOLKadar, 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KADMitchell, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Suttons Bay Publications 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977 MITBrehem, Victoria.
Summary: From the Native water monster who raised canoe-killing storms to thousand-foot cargo ships, sailing the Great Lakes has inspired autobiography, folksong, poetry, and fiction about some of the most beautiful, most dangerous, waters in the world. In the words of the men and women who lived them, here are the dangers and triumphs, the ghosts and mysteries, the daredevil risks and losses, spanning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ladyslipper Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 BRECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Survival BrehmDempsey, Dave
Summary: "The true stories beneath the surface of the world's largest freshwater ecosystem. Everybody who looks at the Great Lakes knows they're big, but why are they Great? From sea serpents to sunken ships, from lonely lighthouses to fish on Prozac, this book engages the reader in a quest to find what's beneath the surface."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 DEMStonehouse, Frederick.
Summary: From Books Back Cover: Great Lakes Crime: murder, mayhem, booze & broads. -- It may not have been the "Spanish Main" but pirates did sail the Great Lakes as did all manner of thieves and murderers. The great Sweetwater Seas had their fair share of criminal activity. Captains sunk their ships to collect the insurance and honest light keepers were "done in" for their meager savings! Throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 STO1 available in Local Author, Call number: 364 STO
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 364 STOPlowden, David.
Summary: Since the 1850s when coal-fired reciprocating steam engines were first heralded as a reliable means of powering ships, these majestic vessels have crisscrossed the Great Lakes transporting everything from coal and grain to iron ore and cement. The speed and efficiency of the lake freighters was unchallenged until the advent of the diesel locomotive engine. Today, however, the massive fleet has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1992