Cultural Region/Great Lakes
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Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862
$22.95 Add to cartThis collection of thirty-six narratives presents the Dakota Indians’ experiences during a conflict previously known chiefly from the viewpoints of non-Indians.
- Author: Anderson, Gary Clayton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: July 15 1988
- ISBN10: 0873512162
- Language: English
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Yooper Talk: Dialect as Identity in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
$17.95 Add to cartThe Upper Peninsula of Michigan–known as “the U P”–is historically, geographically, and culturally distinct. Struggles over land, labor, and language during the last 150 years have shaped the variet… [more below]
- Series: Languages and Folklore of Upper Midwest
- Author: Remlinger, Kathryn A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 13 2019
- ISBN10: 0299312542
- Language: English
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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography
$27.00 Add to cartMeryle Secrest’s Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography focuses on Wright’s family history, personal adventures, and colorful friends and family. Secrest had unprecedented access to an archive of over one hu… [more below]
- Author: Secrest, Meryle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 652
- Publish Date: May 08 1998
- ISBN10: 0226744140
- Language: English
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Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais: Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade
$21.95 Add to cartThe journals of two clerks of the American Fur Company recall a lost moment in the history of the fur trade and the Anishinaabeg along Lake Superior’s North Shore
Long after the Anishinaabeg first i
- Author: Cochrane, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1517905931
- Language: English
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Murder in Minnesota: A Collection of True Cases
$19.95 Add to cartThis treasury of vintage crime offers a vivid picture of Minnesota from the time it achieved statehood in 1858 through 1917. It also traces the gradual changes in social attitudes from the days of fro… [more below]
- Series: Minnesota
- Author: Trenerry, Walter N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 15 1962
- ISBN10: 0873511808
- Language: English
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Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
$16.95 Read moreThe Edmund Fitzgerald, a colossal ore carrier, had been fighting her way through a pounding November storm on Lake Superior. Then the Fitz‘s radar went out, and she started to take on water. Despite g
- Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book
- Author: Schumacher, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 21 2012
- ISBN10: 0816680817
- Language: English
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Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region: A Comprehensive Field Guide
$29.95 Read moreDescribing more than 1,100 species, this is a comprehensive guide to wildflowers in Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Ontario. A new introduction to this second … [more below]
- Author: Black, Merel R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 13 2009
- ISBN10: 0299230546
- Language: English
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The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior
$26.95 Add to cart- Author: Silbernagel, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1976600235
- Language: English
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Give the Lady What She Wants
$19.95 Add to cartIn the heart of downtown, there was a palace of commerce, a jewel of Chicago history. It was Marshall Field & Company. “Give the lady what she wants”. “The customer is always right”. These generous po
- Author: Wendt, Lloyd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: January 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1087860652
- Language: English
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Masters of Empire
$28.99 Add to cartA radical reinterpretation of early American history from a native point of view
In Masters of Empire, the historian Michael A. McDonnell reveals the vital role played by the native peoples of the Gre- Author: McDonnell, Michael a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 13 2016
- ISBN10: 0809068001
- Language: English
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Canoeing Michigan Rivers: A Comprehensive Guide to 45 Rivers, Revise and Updated
$16.95 Add to cartCaution! You may want to paddle every river! Rapid by rapid, rock by rock descriptions of 1500 miles of canoeing opportunities on 45 blue-ribbon rivers by two experts who personally paddled every mile… [more below]
- Author: Dennis, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1933272333
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of University of Michigan Football
$41.99 Add to cartThe images in this book, Historic Photos of University of Michigan Football, depict 100 years of gridiron action and the players and coaches who competed on three historic fields. The first football
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: O’Brien, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1684420253
- Language: English
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Agate Hunting Made Easy
$12.95 Add to cartLearn HOW to hunt agates
You’ve admired agates for their color and beauty–now learn how to find your own. Unlike other books, Agate Hunting Made Easy provides step-by-step instructions to help you tu
- Author: Magnuson, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: October 19 2012
- ISBN10: 1591933269
- Language: English
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Backpacking in Michigan
$19.95 Read moreWith 65 photographs and 77 detailed maps, this indispensable guide to the state’s hiking trails gives beginners to advanced hikers all the information they need to plan their next Michigan overnight o
- Author: DuFresne, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0472032682
- Language: English
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Ghosts and Legends of Michigan’s West Coast
$21.99 Add to cartA collection of chilling tales from the most haunted places in Western Michigan.
Western Michigan is home to some of the state’s most picturesque places – and also some of its most chilling tales. Ghos
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Hammond, Amberrose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1596296631
- Language: English
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Strike Dog: A Woods Cop Mystery
$18.95 Add to cartThe newest Joseph Heywood mystery novel set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula finds Grady Service out to avenge the murder of his girlfriend and his son. Conservation officers in several states are being … [more below]
- Series: Woods Cop #5
- Author: Heywood, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: August 29 2019
- ISBN10: 1493041983
- Language: English
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North of Nowhere
$20.00 Add to cart“I really like his main character, Alex McKnight, and I’m ready to revisit Paradise, Michigan.” –James Patterson
Step into the vivid, intense universe of North of Nowhere, where mysteries envelop Mic- Series: Alex McKnight #4
- Author: Hamilton, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 30 2013
- ISBN10: 1250029244
- Language: English
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Stolen Season
$22.00 Add to cartEdgar Award-winner Steve Hamilton takes his acclaimed series to new heights in A Stolen Season. If you thought you knew Alex McKnight and how far he’ll go for the people he cares about . . . think aga
- Series: Alex McKnight #7
- Author: Hamilton, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 20 2014
- ISBN10: 1250048494
- Language: English
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Indemnity Only: A V. I. Warshawski Novel
$7.99 Read moreThe first V.I. Warshawski novel! – “[V.I. Warshawski] is . . . wonderful company and a rich discovery awaiting those who have yet to meet her.”–Los Angeles Times
Meeting an anonymous client late on a … [more below]- Series: V. I. Warshawski #1
- Author: Paretsky, Sara
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0440210690
- Language: English
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A Signal Victory
$23.95 Add to cartThe Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 is considered by many to be the most important naval confrontation of the War of 1812. Made famous by the American fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry’s co… [more below]
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Skaggs, David C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1557508925
- Language: English
