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The Great Lakes Historical Society is pleased to offer our bookstore catalog in our website! View our titles, see cover images, and read brief descriptions of each book for sale.

To place an order, simply call us at (440) 967-3467, ext. 1 or (800) 893-1485, ext. 1, or print out the order form below!

GLHS Store Order Form
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Book Categories
Click on the categories below to view each section of the bookstore catalog.

Children's Books
Commercial Fishing
Commercial Shipping History
Cookbooks
Environmental
General Great Lakes History
Lifesaving
Lighthouses
Military History
Passenger Vessels
Personal Maritime History
Railways
Recreational Boating
Regional Maritime History
Shipwrecks & Archaeology
 
Or, click here to see the entire book list. (For faster loading: see a text-only listing.)


New Items

Item #202: Images of America: Cleveland Flats
Matthew Lee Grabski
 
The northern portion of the Cuyahoga River is possibly one of the most intriguing parts of Cleveland. This fabulous pictoral history covers the history of the region from 1870 to 2005.
Published 2005, Softcover, 128 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $19.95
Item #204: Commercial Ships on the Great Lakes: A Photo Gallery
Franz A. VonRiedel
 
An excellent pictoral and textual history of the variety of vessels in operation on the Great Lakes
Published 2005, Softcover, 158 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $29.95
Item #205: Decsending from Duty (Novel)
J. Ryan Frenzel
 
In his novel, Fenzel depicts the re-commissioning of the vintage fleet submarine USS Silversides into a bloody campaign, the reason for which only Warren McCallum, former US President, knows.
Published 2005, Softcover, 302 Pages, Pictures: None
Price: $12.95
Item #206: Final Voyage
Skip Gillham
 
A pictoral record of lakers that have been scrapped overseas since the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Text is limited to photo captions.
Published 2006, Softcover, 153 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $30.00
Item #207: Know Your Ships 2007
Roger LeLievre
 
The ultimate guide to Boats & Boatwatching on the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Seaway.
Published 2007, 152 pages, Softcover
Price: $16.95
Item #210: Songquest
Joe Grimm
 
Grimm chronicles the tradition of Great Lakes sailors through the journals of Great lakes Folklorist Ivan H. Walton.
Published 2005, Softcover, 256 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $27.95
Item #211: Images of America: Sturgeon Bay
Ann Jenkins and Maggie Wier
 
An excellent pictoral history of Stureon Bay, including the beginnings, family life and recreation, and tourism.
Published 2006, Softcover, 128 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $19.95
Item #212: The USCG Mackinaw
Mike Fornes
 
An excellent illustrated history of the long history of the famed icebreaker, from its construction to decommission.
Published 2005, Softcover, 160 Pages, Pictures: Color
Price: $25.00
Item #213: Victory
Tom Ervin
 
Author Tom Ervin captures his experience on board the J105 VENOM when he sailed in the 2005 Bayview Mackinac Race, as well as other stories
Published 2006, Softcover, 195 Pages, Pictures: Color
Price: $14.15
Item #219: Yankcanuck Steamship Limited
Buck Longhurst & Skip Gillham
 
This work chronicles the ships of Yankccanuck Steamships Ltd. And Captain Manzzutti.
Published 2005, Softcover, 60 Pages, Pictures: Black & White
Price: $20.00


Coming Soon: Videos

Soon, our selection of videos and DVDs will be available online!


Inland Seas Archival CD-ROMs

Inland Seas® archives are available on CD-ROM! Currently, there are five decades available (from the 1940s through the 1980s) with the 1990s coming soon! Each CD-ROM covers one decade. To place an order, scroll up for a link to the printable order form, or call the museum bookstore at (440) 967-3467, ext. 1, or (800) 893-1485, ext. 1.

Click here to learn more about Inland Seas®.

Item #301: Inland Seas Volume I: Forties Edition
 
Full text from the journals from 1945 (first year published) through 1949.
Price: $49.95
Item #302: Inland Seas Volume II: Fifties Edition
 
Full text from the journals from 1950 through 1959.
Price: $49.95
Item #303: Inland Seas Volume III: Sixties Edition
 
Full text from the journals from 1960 through 1969.
Price: $49.95
Item #304: Inland Seas Volume IV: Seventies Edition
 
Full text from the journals from 1970 through 1979.
Price: $49.95
Item #305: Inland Seas Volume V: Eighties Edition
 
Full text from the journals from 1980 through 1989.
Price: $49.95


 
 
 
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