Liesch, Matthew.
Summary: Situated on the south shore of Lake Superior, the Gogebic Iron Range of Michigan and Wisconsin exudes a strong sense of place. During the 1880s, a mining boom lured settlers, investment, and controversy. Investors from Milwaukee, Chicago, and Cleveland hoped to become rich, but many were pulled into scams or poorly managed mines and ended up losing their money. After iron stocks crashed, mining...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2006
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4983 LIESilverthorn, Suzanne.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schiffer Pub. Ltd. 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 978.88 SILByron, M. Christine
Contents: The Mackinac Straits Region -- Mackinaw City -- Crossing the Straits -- St. Ignace -- Mackinac Island.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arbutus Press 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4923 BRY1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 977.4923 BYR
Sivertson, Howard
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Superior Port Cities 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: 977.49 SIVStanton, Brandon
Summary: "In the summer of 2010, photographer Brandon Stanton set out on an ambitious project: to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City. Armed with his camera, he began crisscrossing the city, covering thousands of miles on foot, all in his attempt to capture ordinary New Yorkers in the most extraordinary of moments"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 974.70022 STABerne, Emma Carlson
Summary: "An inspiring graphic novel about Jane Kendeigh, a nurse who helped wounded soldiers in combat zones during World War II. During World War II, the United States' fight against the Japanese on islands in the Pacific was intense and deadly. To help respond to casualties in battle, the U.S. Navy trained 122 nurses to aid wounded soldiers in combat zones. The first nurse to do so was Jane Kendeigh,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENWaterman, Jonathan
Summary: "This breathtaking book highlights the most glorious wilderness areas and nature preserves in North America"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Davidson, W. G.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bulfinch 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.2275 DAVWithers, Ernest C.
Summary: "Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers during the civil rights years. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the Movement--from the Emmett Till trial in 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. What set his work apart was that he goes beyond the political struggles to show the human face of Movement....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: CityFiles Press 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 323.1196 WITByron, M. Christine
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.486 BYRFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 GRA1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 387.155 GRA
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Maritime GrandBeaton, Kate
Summary: "Hark! A Vagrant" takes readers on a romp through history and literature -- with dignity for few and cookies for all -- with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, and political and historical figures, all drawn in Kate Beaton's pared-down style. This collection features favorite stories from the webcomic of the same name, as well as new, previously unpublished content. Whether...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEARobertson, 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
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Tyner, Artika R.
Summary: "When the United States entered World War II, it had to face its own contradictions at home. Opportunities opened up for Black people and women in support of the war effort. But ideas about race and gender didn't change as swiftly. Read the story of the first all-Black battalion in the Women's Army Corps-the Six Triple Eight-and its leader, Major Charity Adams. These women bravely confronted...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 TYNStonehouse, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 STO1 available in Local Author, Call number: 364 STO
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 364 STOHoman, Lynn M.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pelican Pub. 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.544 HOMDavis, Wade.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 981 DAVWilliams, Charles
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Mills Music Inc. 1949
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMAbramson, Rudy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomasson-Grant & Lickle 1996
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 975 ABRVaughan, Robert
Summary: "When sixteen-year-old Matt Logan and his friend Danny Dugan ran away from an orphanage, they went west. There, they met Jim Bridger, among other mountain men, and became fur trappers. But the market for beaver plews died out, and the two friends took on jobs as wagon train guides. They eventually separated, hoping to meet again. One of the trains Matt picks up in Independence began its journey...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC VAUAustin, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: History Press 2010
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 AUSRaab, Scott
Summary: "The powerful story of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, featuring dozens of never-before-seen color photos by the official site photographer"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 RAAKalman, Bobbie.
Summary: This book introduces the life and times of the pioneers describing their homes, tools, jobs, clothes, and travel.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2008
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.03 KALKalman, Bobbie.
Summary: This book introduces the life and times of the people from the Old West describing their homes, jobs, tools, clothes, and travel.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2008