Cultural Region/Great Lakes
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Michigan and the Civil War: A Great and Bloody Sacrifice
$21.99 Add to cartMichigan undertook a rapid and robust response to Lincoln’s call to arms during the Civil War and in many of its great battles. Read the much overlooked history in this volume.
With lively narration, t
- Series: Civil War
- Author: Dempsey, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 02 2011
- ISBN10: 1609491734
- Language: English
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Michigan Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species
$8.95 Read moreMichigan is a bird-finding mecca, owing to its position in the heart of the Great Lakes Basin and along a major migration flyway. Over 440 species have been seen in the Great Lakes State, about 300 of… [more below]
- Series: Pocket Naturalist Guide
- Author: Kavanagh, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 12
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1583550704
- Language: English
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Butterflies of the North Woods: Minnesota, Wisconsin & Michigan
$18.95 Add to cartThis is your guide to all 120 species of butterflies of the North Woods. Features include easy-to-use red bar phenograms, a phenology flight chart, habitat guide and binocular buying guide. The innova… [more below]
- Series: Naturalist
- Author: Weber, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0967379350
- Language: English
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Explorer’s Guide 50 Hikes in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: Walks, Hikes & Backpacks from Ironwood to St. Ignace
$21.99 Add to cartAs in all Explorer’s 50 Hikes guides, each hike features a detailed topographic map, directions to the trailhead, hike difficulty and elevation, and fascinating commentary about the natural and human
- Series: 50 Hikes in Michigan: The Best Walks, Hikes, & Backpacks in the Lowe #0
- Author: Funke, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0881508071
- Language: English
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Blood Feud: Detroit Red Wings v. Colorado Avalanche: The Inside Story of Pro Sports’ Nastiest and Best Rivalry of Its Era
$17.95 Add to cartIn Blood Feud, Colorado Avalanche beat writer Adrian Dater not only submits that the Red Wings-Avalanche rivalry was the most feverish match-up in recent years, but also that there was none better pla… [more below]
- Author: Dater, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 09 2006
- ISBN10: 1589793196
- Language: English
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Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit
$31.99 Add to cartMotor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit chronicles the storied and hallowed gangland history of the notorious Detroit underworld. Scott M. Burnstein takes the reader inside the belly… [more below]
- Author: Burnstein, Scott M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 11 2006
- ISBN10: 1531624545
- Language: English
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Berkeley 1900: Daily Life at the Turn of the Century
$24.95 Add to cartSince its initial publication a decade ago, Berkeley 1900: Daily Life at the Turn of the Century has captivated readers with its unprecedented blend of serious history, fascinating images, and heartfe… [more below]
- Author: Schwartz, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: September 12 2009
- ISBN10: 0967820448
- Language: English
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Birds of the Lake Erie Region
$28.00 Add to cartThis latest collaboration of Carolyn V. Platt and Gary Meszaros is a beautifully photographed book that explores Lake Erie and its effects on the birds that make this region their home.
Birds of the L
- Author: Platt, Carolyn V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 21 2001
- ISBN10: 0873386906
- Language: English
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St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project: An Oral History of the Greatest Construction Show on Earth
$34.95 Add to cartThe culmination of a century-long dream to link the Great Lakes interior industrial hubs to the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project stands as one of the largest and most importan
- Author: Parham, Claire Puccia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: July 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0815609132
- Language: English
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Lake Superior: Lorine Niedecker’s Poem and Journal Along with Other Sources, Documents, and Readings
$16.00 Read moreLake Superior is a compilation of writings around Lorine Niedecker’s poem of the same title–strata that inform the poem’s ecological and historical resonance.
Lorine Niedecker was a major American po- Author: Niedecker, Lorine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 02 2013
- ISBN10: 1933517662
- Language: English
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Diana of the Dunes: The True Story of Alice Gray
$31.99 Add to cartIn the fall of 1915, Alice Gray traded her life in Chicago for a solitary journey in the remote sand hills of northwest Indiana along Lake Michigan. Living in a fisherman’s shack, she measured herself… [more below]
- Author: Edwards, Janet Zenke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: July 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1540224376
- Language: English
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Eloise: Poorhouse, Farm, Asylum and Hospital 1839-1984
$31.99 Add to cartEloise, which started out as a poorhouse, later became known as Wayne County General Hospital. From only 35 residents on 280 acres in 1839, the complex grew dramatically after the Civil War until the … [more below]
- Author: Ibbotson, P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: May 28 2002
- ISBN10: 153161325X
- Language: English
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United States Life-Saving Service in Michigan
$39.99 Add to cartMichigan, the Great Lakes State, is full of rich maritime traditions and with these traditions comes the danger and risk of shipwreck. Author William D. Peterson has compiled in this new book a photog… [more below]
- Author: Peterson, William D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 30 2000
- ISBN10: 1531604854
- Language: English
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Edmund Fitzgerald: The Legendary Great Lakes Shipwreck
$15.95 Add to cartSuperior Never Gives Up Her Dead
On November 10, 1975, the massive ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald succumbed to a stormy Lake Superior, leaving no survivors. Memorialized in song and legend, the Fitzgera
- Author: Andra-Warner, Elle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 02 2009
- ISBN10: 0974020737
- Language: English
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Rock Pickers Guide to Lake Superior’s North Shore
$9.95 Add to cartGet this popular guide and start identifying all of those rocks seen on the beaches of the north shore of Lake Superior. Included are color illustrations of each type of rock, a description, tips for … [more below]
- Series: North Woods Naturalist Guides
- Author: Stensaas, Mark Sparky
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 01 2000
- ISBN10: 096737930X
- Language: English
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Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries
$24.95 Add to cart“A must buy for anyone interested in the Great Lakes.”
—Frederick Stonehouse, maritime historianIn 1892, the Ann Arbor Car Ferries shook the transportation world by doing what was then deemed impossi
- Author: Brown, Grant
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0472050494
- Language: English
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Old Forts of the Great Lakes: Sentinels in the Wilderness
$19.95 Read moreThis fascinating book traces the development of Great Lakes forts from the 1600s to the American Civil War. The French, British, and Americans build military forts and established fortified trading po… [more below]
- Author: Barry, James P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: June 01 1994
- ISBN10: 1882376056
- Language: English
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Remembering University of Michigan Football
$19.99 Add to cartThe first football team at the University of Michigan was established in 1879. From winning the first ever Tournament of Roses game, to back-to-back national championships, Michigan football created a
- Series: Remembering
- Author: O’Brien, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: September 28 2010
- ISBN10: 1683369009
- Language: English
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100 Things Lions Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
$16.95 Read moreWhether it’s for a die-hard booster from the days of Dick Lane or a new supporter of Matthew Stafford, the top facts and activities concerning the Detroit Lions that all fans need to know and do in th… [more below]
- Series: 100 Things… Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
- Author: Pasche, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1600787290
- Language: English
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100 Things Michigan Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
$18.95 Read moreMost Michigan Wolverines fans have taken in a game or two at legendary Michigan Stadium, have sported khaki pants on gameday like Jim Harbaugh, and have heard the story of the 10-Year War. But only re… [more below]
- Series: 100 Things…Fans Should Know
- Author: Chengelis, Angelique
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1629376272
- Language: English
