Campbell, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 2015

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386 CAM

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

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

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

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....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.54 BOL

Libert, Steve

Summary: "In 1679, the French ship Le Griffon mysteriously vanished. Was it lost in a violent storm or robbed of its valuable cargo of furs and set ablaze? No one knows, but historians are quite certain the ship found its final resting place on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Now after centuries of mystery and misinformation, Steve and Kathie Libert reveal that Le Griffon likely met her final fate among...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2021

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

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

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Airworthy Productions 2020

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

Lafferty, William.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: In-Depth Editions 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.8245 LAF

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.

Format: text

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

Oleszewski, Wes

Summary: "Those who had yet to be born when World War II raged cannot imagine the fear, anger, suffering and sacrifice experienced by those who witnessed and fought in that conflict. Not only was freedom threatened, but the very fabric of human civilization was in danger. In order to preserve their very existence, free people had to mobilize and fight the evil that threatened to envelope the world. When...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios, Inc. 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 OLE

Dennis, Jerry.

Summary: Dennis offers an engrossing description of being a crew member on the schooner Malabar on a six-week trip through the waters of Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior, weaving in anecdotes from his childhood, such as a family-fishing trip on Lake Michigan, together with informed commentary on the natural history of the lakes and the people who live there as well as evocative...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio [a division of] Recorded Books 2016

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 977 DEN

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,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2019

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

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.

Format: text

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

Summary: How did the Earth transform from a hot ball of molten rock and metal into the planet that we call home? How did our continents and oceans grow? Where did our great mountain ranges come from? The geological processes that have shaped our world have also influenced the way humans have populated the planet. From the Great Lakes to Iceland, the San Andreas Fault to Krakatoa, this series reveals the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Arts and Entertainment Network 2009

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HOW

Kohl, 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seawolf Communications 2005

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KOH VOL 1
Call number: 910.452 KOH VOL 2

Stonehouse, Frederick.

Summary: Well known and highly respected Great Lakes researcher Fred Stonehouse has done it again. Relive accurate and thoroughly researched accounts of shipwreck disasters in the month of November, historically the “worst” weather month of the season on the lakes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2010

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

Oleszewski, Wes

Summary: "A book of the true adventures aboard Great Lakes vessels. Every story details an actual event. Every name is that of a real person who was caught up in the wrecks, rescues and sometimes just everyday adventures on the fresh water seas. Nothing contained in this book is fictional. These thrilling adventures are all a part of Great Lakes maritime history and are told as they actually...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2008

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

Summary: Building the Mighty Mac: The story of the building of the Mackinac Bridge.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Mighty Mac Films 2009

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 977 BUI

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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BUI

Summary: Today, travelers cross the Mackinac Straits without ever leaving their cars, but until 1957 all traffic was carried across the Straits by a fleet of five ships. This is the story of that fleet of ferries and their predecessors that formed the first link between Michigan's two peninsulas. The carferries operated along with the famous train ferry Chief Wawatam. While the "Chief" operated into...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Mighty Mac Films 2006

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BEF

Zoss, Neel R.

Summary: The history of the whalebacks, on the five Great Lakes and onthe seven seas, is long and colorful. Many thrilling adventures, many mishaps, several mysteries and numerous heroic rescues all played a part in the whaleback story. Several of the whalebacks sailed for close to three quarters of a century before being dismantled as scrap. Sadly, many other whalebacks sailed for far less time...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios, Inc. 2016

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

Wilbur, Helen L.

Summary: "Following the alphabet this book uses poetry and expository text to explore the history of lighthouses on the Great Lakes, detailing famous structures, local lore, as well as notable moments in Great Lakes history"--Provided by the publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2016

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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE WIL