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Hidden historyButts, Edward
Summary: Traces the history of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and the various myths and legends attributed to specific tragedies, revealing the violent conditions that have wrecked thousands of vessels since 1679, along with monster sightings in Lakes Ontario and Erie.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J 971.3 BUTJensen, 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 JENMixter, 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 MIXStonehouse, Frederick.
Summary: Stories of the famous shipwrecks, including the wrecks of the Griffon, the Edmund Fitzgerald, and others.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2002
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seawolf Communications 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KOHHemming, Robert J.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 1992
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.031 HEMOleszewski, Wes
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 910.45 OLEOleszewski, Wes
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.49 OLESchumacher, 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 SCHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.033 SCHBrown, David G. (David Geren)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine/McGraw-Hill 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 BROShofner, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977 SHOStonehouse, Frederick.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 STOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 STOHeden, Karl E. (Karl Erik)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bruce Humphries Publishers 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 910.45 HEDOleszewski, Wes
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.49 OLEShelak, Benjamin J.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Trails Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.45 SHEGrady, 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 GRACopies Available at Interlochen
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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Michigan Press 1992
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2 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 CLELibert, 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