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 BOL

Miller, Al

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.2243 MIL

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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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI 364.152 STO

Stonehouse, Frederick.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Superior Port Cities 1994

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.1238 STO

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 363.12 STO

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Maritime Stonehouse

Stone, Joel (Joel Lagrou)

Contents: Introduction: steam navigation on the Great Lakes -- Steam navigation from 1817 to 1860 -- Harnessing steam -- Early years on the lakes -- Opening the frontier -- Birth of an industry -- Regional development -- Maritime politics -- The palace steamer era -- Steam navigation from 1860 to 1900 -- The Civil War years -- New era, new business models -- Changing tastes and technologies -- Steam...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Maritime Stone

Mixter, Ric

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

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Publisher / Publication Date: Airworthy Productions 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9777 MIX

Hemming, Robert J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 1992

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.031 HEM

Butts, Edward

Summary: Traces the history of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and the various myths and legends attributed to specific tragedies, revealing the violent conditions that have wrecked thousands of vessels since 1679, along with monster sightings in Lakes Ontario and Erie.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2010

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J 971.3 BUT

Boyer, Dwight.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1966

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 BOY

Schumacher, Michael

Contents: "How could such a thing happen on a goddamn lake?" Lakes Superior and Michigan -- "So violent a storm": apocalypse on Lake Huron -- "You might not have light tonight": the storm visits Cleveland -- "I might see you in heaven": explorations of loss -- "This was not natural": discoveries.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 977.033 SCH

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.033 SCH

Jensen, John Odin

Summary: "Shipwrecks are junction points of history. In seeking to make sense of the submerged material culture found in shipwrecks, this book explores maritime-related stories that shaped the Midwest and the nation during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In shipwrecks, we find stories of the frontier, the environment, immigration, politics, and the rise of large-scale agriculture,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2019

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

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Publisher / Publication Date: Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association 1987

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 623.8942 LIV
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 623.8942 LIV

Greenwood, John Orville.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1986

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 GRE

Greenwood, John Orville.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1987

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 GRE

Greenwood, John Orville.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1984

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 GRE

Nagelhout, Ryan

Summary: Native people have been living around the Great Lakes for thousands of years. As European settlers arrived, they soon learned that the land around the Great Lakes was an ideal place to settle. Readers learn the history of Great Lakes settlement and much more. Full-color photographs showcase the lakes’ beauty, while social studies content introduces the many cities in the region. From the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977 NAG

Greenwood, John Orville.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1981

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 GRE

Greenwood, John Orville.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 GRE
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 386.22 Green

Bourrie, Mark

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 BOU

Summary: Stories of the men who built the Midwest, with descriptions and histories of the shores, the woods and lakes, rolling farmland, the rise of the great metropolises of Chicago and Minneapolis.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Castle 1986

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

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977 TAL

Krummes, Daniel.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Nautical Works Press (102 East Front St., Traverse City, Mich. 49684) 1997

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 738.3 KRU

Plowden, 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

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386.2243 PLO

Oleszewski, Wes

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 OLE

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 OLE

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 378.155 OLE