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General Great Lakes History

Item #006: Memories of the Lakes
Dana T. Bowen
 
One of three books written by Bowen, this work represents one of the early attempts by Bowen to weave good historical research with compelling narative.
Published 1946, Softcover, 292 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $14.95
Item #025: Ships and Men of the Great Lakes
Dwight Boyer
 
Great general history of the Great Lakes.
Published 1977, Softcover, 208 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $14.95
Item #026: Great Stories of the Great Lakes: Thrilling Tales of Tragedy, Humor and Heroism
Dwight Boyer
 
Great general history of the Great Lakes.
Published 1966, Softcover, 242 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $14.95
Item #027: Strange Adventures of the Great Lakes
Dwight Boyer
 
Great general history of the Great Lakes.
Published 1974, Softcover, 248 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $14.95
Item #029: Lore of the Lakes
Dana T. Bowen
 
Bowen is one of the finest early historians of Great Lakes maritime history who specialize in the narrative approach.
Published 1945, Softcover, 314 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $14.95
Item #035: Lake Rhymes: Folk Songs of the Great Lakes Region
Lee and Joann Murdock
 
A songbook and study guide with an 18-song companion CD
Published 2004, Softcover, 146 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $30.00
Item #071: The Women's Great Lakes Reader
Victoria Brehm
 
Wonderful resource on the role of woman on the Great Lakes.
Published 2000, Softcover, 389 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $19.95
Item #107: Charting the Inland Seas: A History of the U.S. Lake Survey
Arthur M. Woodford
 
Eighty illustrations with detailed history of the work of the U. S. Lake Survey makes for an important historical work.
Published 1991, Hardcover, 282 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $29.95
Item #134: The Illustrated Voyager
Howard Silvertson
 
Silverston's beautiful color illustrations make this work a wonderful coffe table book.
Published 1999, Hardcover, 72 Pages, Pictures: Color
Price: $24.95
Item #148: Six Fitzgerald Brothers - Lake Captains All
Elizabeth F. Cutler and Walter M. Hirthe
 
Biographical study of the Fitzgerald family and their role in Great Lakes history.
Published 1983, Hardcover, 262 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $20.00
Item #171: Superior: Journey on an Inland Sea
Gary & Joanie McGuffin
 
The author's circumnavigation of Lake Superior is detailed with incredible color photography.
Published 1996, Hardcover, 160 Pages, Pictures: Color
Price: $40.00
Item #177: Faces of Lake Superior
Dixie Franklin, Drawings by Carol Sutherby
 
Personal histories of the people of the Lake Superior region.
Published 1991, Softcover, 155 Pages, Pictures: None
Price: $13.95
Item #178: Ships of the Great Lakes on Postcards
Bob Welnetz
 
Postcard reproductions tell an interesting story.
Published n/a, Softcover, 78 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $5.00
Item #214: Ships of the Great Lakes on Postcards, Volume Two
Bob Welnetz
 
Postcard reproductions tell an interesting story.
Published 1977, Softcover, 80 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $5.00
Item #184: Ladies of the Lakes
J. Clary
 
Clary's paintings of the Great passenger vessels make this a wonderful coffee table book.
Published 1981, Softcover, 191 Pages, Pictures: Color
Price: $24.95
Item #185: Superstitions of the Sea: A Digest of Beliefs, Customs, and Mystery
J. Clary
 
General history of maritime life.
Published 1994, Hardcover, 360 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $40.00

 
 
 
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