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Hidden historyMixter, 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 MIXJensen, 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 JENSchumacher, 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 SCHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.033 SCHKohl, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seawolf Communications 2005
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KOH VOL 1Call 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.704 STOOleszewski, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 OLEShofner, Melissa Raé
Summary: The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth and have always been important channels of shipping and trade. Though they are lakes, their waters have proven to be as challenging as the oceans. Thats why there are more than 6,000 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes! This captivating book relates the stories of some of these wrecks, including the Edmund Fitzgerald, Argo, and Lady...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2017
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Summary: A book of photographs by underwater photographer and technical diver Chris Roxburgh with brief descriptions of various shipwrecks throughout Leelanau County, Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chris Roxburgh/Great Lakes Diver 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.704 RoxCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Local Author, Call number: OVS 917.704 ROX1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 917.704 ROX
Oleszewski, Wes
Summary: "Exploring the history of the ships of the Great Lakes and the people who worked with them, "All Hands On Deck" will take you from the 1830s to 2010. In between you will meet people who have been long forgotten and travel along on their adventures. You will also meet some who are alive and well and you will see their stories unfold. From the old wooden shipwreck left nearly forgotten on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 OLEOleszewski, Wes
Summary: True shipwreck stories supported by the meticulous research of author Wes Oleszewski. In many cases the reader will feel that they are actually participating in the story being told. Antoher great read by Oleszewski.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2016