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Trembath, Carol

Summary: This children's fiction story is a tribute to the Native American women and men who have walked endless miles to draw attention to the condition of water.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Enviro Issues

Robertson, Joanne

Summary: "A translation of The Water Walker into Anishinaabemowin. The book contains both Anishinaabemowin and English. The Water Walker is the story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother who walked around all of the Great Lakes to protect our water."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2019

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Hartig, John H.

Summary: "The stories of fourteen people who led efforts to clean up environmentally degraded areas of the Great Lakes are told to inspire others to get involved and care for the place they call home"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 333.72 HAR

Grady, Wayne.

Summary: "This book is an exploration of the biology and ecology of a vital, ever-changing terrain. Written by one of Canada's best-known science and nature writers, it is intended not only for those who live in the Great Lakes basin but for anyone captivated by the splendor of the natural world and sensitive to the challenges of its preservation."--Jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 GRA

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature Grady

Summary: From the Publisher: Women lighthouse keepers, fur traders, cooks on sailing vessels, missionaries, and fearless travelers all wrote of their lives on the Great Lakes, both publicly and in quiet testimonies such as letters, logbooks, and diaries. Their narratives, which span the centuries from 1789 to the present, are now collected in this anthology. Compiled in response to historical accounts...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ladyslipper Press 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 WOM
1 available in Local Author, Call number: 977 WOM

Summary: "Third Coast Atlas: Prelude to a Plan describes the conditions for urbanization across the Great Lakes region. It assembles a multi-layered, empirical description of urbanization processes within the drainage basins of the five Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River. This thick description encompasses a range of representational forms including maps, plans, diagrams, timelines, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Actar 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 912 THI

Emminizer, Theresa

Summary: "Almost 20,000 years ago, Earth's climate began to warm. Because of the changing temperatures, a miles-thick ice sheet started to shift. As the ice sheet moved, it carved deep pits in the land and left water in its wake. This melted ice filled the new cavities. This is the story of America's Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Enriched with stunning photographs and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020

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Cleland, Charles E.

1 hold on 5 copies

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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Michigan Press 1992

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 CLE

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.1 CLE

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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2001

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1 available in Local Author, Call number: 920.72 STO
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.72 STO
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 920.72 STO

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 920.72 STO

Summary: Overview: Offering insight into the arts of Great Lakes Native nations, this collection of stories, songs, poetry, speeches, autobiographies, and fiction, spans the centuries from deep past to the present. Elders, war chiefs, religious leaders, and contemporary artists share stories of the creation, stars, animals, heroes, and monsters, along with narratives of hunting, fishing, food-gathering,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ladyslipper 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398 BRE

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cranbrook Institute of Science 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 UPP

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.9977 FRE

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Lit Fresh

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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: O'Brien & Whitaker 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAMM, PETER DAM

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B DAMM DAM

Mixter, Ric

2 holds on 1 copy

Summary: "Messages in a bottle were a last ditch effort calling for rescue, or desperate goodbyes to loved ones. Penned by Christopher Columbus and passengers on Titanic, history has recorded thousands of bottles, but which ones are hoaxes? Historian Ric Mixter investigates and adds new information to famous and unknown messages on the ocean and Great Lakes." -- page 4 of cover

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Airworthy Productions 2020

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McClelland, Ted.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.704 MCC

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Trav USA McClelland

Egan, Dan

Summary: The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world’s freshwater, and they provide food, work, and weekend fun for tens of millions of Americans. Yet they are under threat as never before. In a work of narrative reporting in the vein of Rachel Carson and Elizabeth Kolbert, prize-winning reporter Dan Egan delivers an eye-opening portrait of our nation’s greatest natural resource as it faces ecological...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.6 EGA

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.6 EGA

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 577.630977 EGA

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environment Egan

Sproule-Jones, Mark

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: UBC Press 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.9163 SPR

Rapai, William.

Summary: "There are more than 180 exotic species in the Great Lakes. Some, such as green algae, the Asian tapeworm, and the suckermouth minnow, have had little or no impact so far. But a handful of others--sea lamprey, alewife, round goby, quagga mussel, zebra mussel, Eurasian watermilfoil, spiny water flea, and rusty crayfish--have conducted an all-out assault on the Great Lakes and are winning the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2016

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