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Publisher / Publication Date: Lynx Images 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971.3132 GUTCleland, Charles E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2001
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 CLESivertson, Howard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Superior Port Cities 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.49 SIVLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASSummary: Into the Amazon tells the remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rain forest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon. Two of the most celebrated men from their respective nations, Roosevelt and Rondon set out with twenty other adventurers in 1914. Over eight eventful weeks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INTFranz, Dale Clarke
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2007
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.483 FRAFranz, Dale Clarke
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pigeon River Country Association 1985
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4 FRAByron, M. Christine
Contents: The Mackinac Straits Region -- Mackinaw City -- Crossing the Straits -- St. Ignace -- Mackinac Island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arbutus Press 2007
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4923 BRY1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 977.4923 BYR
Fabiny, Sarah
Summary: "Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is ...? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHECassuto, David N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977.458 CASKaunonen, 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 KAUSheppard, Glen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Momentum Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 917.7486 SHE1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 917.7486 SHE
Arsenault, Kerri
Summary: "A galvanizing and powerful debut, Mill Town is an American story, a human predicament, and a moral wake-up call that asks: what are we willing to tolerate and whose lives are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival? Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. For over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.1 ARSTaylor, Charles Sprague.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4925 TAYLiesch, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4983 LIEGray, Edward G.
Summary: "The little-known story of the architectural project that lay at the heart of Paine's grand political vision for the United States. Thomas Jefferson praised Tom Paine as the greatest political writer of the age. The author of 'Common Sense' and Rights of Man, Paine helped make revolutions in America and France. But beyond his inspiring calls to action, Paine harbored a deeper political vision...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 GRAWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million activists and demonstrators from every corner of the United States convened for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was there that they raised their voices in unison to call for racial and economic justice for all Black Americans, to call out inequities, and ultimately to advance the Civil Rights Movement. Every movement has its unsung...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSArbic, Bernard.
Summary: In 1855, the first State Lock opened to tame the roaring rapids at Sault Ste. Marie. It was a key that would unlock the mineral riches of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In honor of the 150th anniversary of that engineering feat, Bernie Arbic (author of two previous books about the region) has teamed up with Nancy Steinhaus to tell the colorful story of the Soo Canal and its impact on the world....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Priscilla Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.49 ARBBellfy, Phil
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI U.P. BellfryMcDonnell, Michael A.
Summary: "A radical reinterpretation of early American history from a native point of view, centered on the Odawa tribe of Northern Michigan"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 MCDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Native McDonnellWilliams, Yohuru
Summary: "Six decades ago, on August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--a moment often revered as the culmination of this Black-led protest. But at its core, the March on Washington was not a beautiful dream of future integration; it was a mass outcry for jobs and freedom NOW--not at some undetermined...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A shy young boy is brought out of his cocoon by a wise teacher who shows him the wonder of the natural world around him, amidst the growing tensions and chaos of the Spanish Civil War in Galicia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2000