Moore, Michael D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan Forest Association 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 MOONeuschel, Fred.
Summary: The true, tragic story of the schooner, Rouse Simmons, provides a window into the robust but oft-forgotten communities that thrived along Lake Michigan from the Civil War until WWI. Tales are included of the burgeoning immigrant groups and rapid industrialization of the Midwest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 386 NEUMarkel, Howard
Summary: "John Harvey Kellogg was one of America's most beloved physicians; a best-selling author, lecturer, and health-magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of wellness. His youngest brother, Will, was the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which revolutionized the mass production of food and what we eat for breakfast. In The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B KELLOGGS MARHunt, Mary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Midwestern Guides 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.749 HUNCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Room, Call number: MI 977.49 HUNTPreus, Margi.
Summary: The 14 trees in this book have earned the title "Celebritrees" for their global fame and significance. Both in fact and in legend, these fascinating trees remind us not only how much pleasure trees bring, but what they can tell us about history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 582.16 PreMakos, Adam
Summary: Adapted for young adults from the New York Times best-seller, this gripping true account of a WWII American tank gunner, who met his destiny in an armor duel and forged an enduring bond with his enemy, brings to life the perils of war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SMOCrane, Carol
Summary: Describes the annual voyage of the Rouse Simmons ship bearing Christmas trees to Chicago, highlighting its final tragic voyage in 1912, when the captain, crew, and cargo were all lost, and the ship's wreckage not recovered until 1971.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2011
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E CRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Holiday CranePanagopoulos, Janie Lynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI PanagopoulosFarmer, Jared
Summary: Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora, our veneration took a modern turn in the eighteenth century, when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and precisely date the oldest living things on earth. The new science of tree time prompted travelers to visit ancient specimens and conservationists to protect sacred groves. Exploitation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, Hachette Book Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 582.1609 FARKaunonen, Gary.
Summary: A mirror of great changes that were occurring on the national labor rights scene, the 1913–14 Michigan Copper Strike was a time of unprecedented social upheaval in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. With organized labor taking an aggressive stance against the excesses of unfettered capitalism, the stage was set for a major struggle between labor and management. The Michigan Copper Strike received...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.49 KAUAnderson, Erin.
Summary: "Feel the magic of a beautiful landscape, see these wild places through the eyes of a child ..."--from p. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rimwalk Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 AND1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 398.2 AND
Beaton, Roderick
Summary: A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three millennia Greek...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 BEAPennington, Rochelle
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pathways Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 PENLane, Kit
Summary: There were more than 20,000 people living in Detroit, and Michigan had already been a state for ten years when the first permanent white settlers arrived in 1847 at the head of Grand Traverse Bay, the future site of Traverse City. The draw was the magnificent stands of white pine lining the banks of a river which would later be called the Boardman. By the 1890s all of the easy pine had been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pavilion Press 2014
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.46 LANIverson, Diane.
Summary: Examines the traits and uses of twenty-six North American trees, from the ash to the yew, and describes notable or historic specimens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dawn Publications 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Nature IversonPanagopoulos, Janie Lynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PANCasamer, Douglas M.
Summary: The Michigan 22nd Infantry regiment was instrumental in making the outcome of the Civil War a Union victory. Included is a study of the 1,610 men who fought in this regiment. Fought in and around the following battles; Chickamauga; Lookout Mountain; Chattanooga; Lost Mountain; Kennesaw Mountain; Chattahoochee River; Peach Tree Creek; Jonesboro; Atlanta. Formed at Pontiac, Michigan and mustered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Casamer Publishing 2006
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R GEN 973.7474 CASDaldin, Tom
Summary: Under the Radar Michigan is an Emmy award winning PBS television series that features the cool people, places and things that make Michigan a great place to live, work and play. If you’re looking for awesome Michigan places to explore, vacation, eat, live, start a business or just kick backand relax, this book is for you. In this, our second installment, chapter by chapter we take you along...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribe Publishing Company 2018
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Rec DaldinWoodward, Bill.
Summary: History of lumbermen and lumbering operations during the 1800s, and on Civilian Conservation Corps activities from 1933 to 1942, in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Woodward & Woodward Publishing 0000
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.4 WOOAustin, Dan.
Summary: From the Publisher: In this important book, Dan Austin and Sean Doerr have restored the real people to many of Detroit's architectural landmarks, and not a moment too soon. These "lost" buildings still stand, or rather totter, in a dilapidated state, their histories fading like the paint on their walls. The buildings might not long survive, but thanks to this book and the efforts of Austin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 AUSFrangos, Stavros.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2004