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Great Lakes Great Lakes (North America) Navigation History Great Lakes (North America) Navigation History 20th century Indianer Merchant ships Great Lakes (North America) History 20th century Michigan Shipping Great Lakes (North America) History Shipping Great Lakes (North America) History 20th century Ships Great Lakes (North America) History sieur de La Salle, Robert Cavelier 1643-1687Boles, 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....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.54 BOLCampbell, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386 CAMStone, Joel (Joel Lagrou)
Contents: Introduction: steam navigation on the Great Lakes -- Steam navigation from 1817 to 1860 -- Harnessing steam -- Early years on the lakes -- Opening the frontier -- Birth of an industry -- Regional development -- Maritime politics -- The palace steamer era -- Steam navigation from 1860 to 1900 -- The Civil War years -- New era, new business models -- Changing tastes and technologies -- Steam...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Maritime StoneGreenwood, John Orville.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 GREGreenwood, John Orville.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 GREGreenwood, John Orville.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 GREBourrie, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 BOUThompson, Mark L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.245 THOOleszewski, Wes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.49 OLEGreenwood, John Orville.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 1981
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 GREGreenwood, John Orville.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 GRE1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 386.22 Green
Lafferty, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: In-Depth Editions 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.8245 LAFOleszewski, Wes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 910.45 OLEBarry, James P
Summary: From the Indian canoe to the largest ships, this fascinating book carries the reader through three centuries of marine growth and adventure on the Great Lakes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howell-North Books 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 BARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 BARKuttruff, Karl
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1976
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386.22 KUTGrady, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2007
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature GradyCleland, Charles E.
Summary: For many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, Michigan's native peoples, the Anishnabeg, thrived in the forests and along the shores of the Great Lakes. Theirs were cultures in delicate social balance and in economic harmony with the natural order. Rites of Conquest details the struggles of Michigan Indians - the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, and their neighbors - to maintain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Michigan Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 CLE1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.1 CLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 CLEMixter, 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 MIXLibert, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2021