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Above Mackinac
by Cameron, RobertAt the center of the upper Great Lakes, the Straits of Mackinac, with its spectacular islands and deep cool waters, emerge to connect Lakes Michigan and Huron. Preservation programs for Mackinac Island and the 1886 ban on automobiles are responsible for the island's unique turn-of-the-century character...
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All Hell Broke Loose
by Hull, William H.How young people coped with the storm of the century -59 people died in Minnesota on November 11, 1940 when the worst blizzard ever hit Minnesota unexpectedly. Violet walked from Seven Corners in Minneapolis to 32nd street with snow over her knees, in subzero temperature, with only saddle oxfords and a light wrap...
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Arrived on This Ship
by Keenan, HudsonArrived on this Ship is about travel on the Great Lakes one hundred years ago. It is an album of ship postal cards from the first two decades of the twentieth century. More than just an album, author Hudson Keenan has written about historical events, technology of the day, and life styles as each individual card suggests...
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Bunyan and Banjoes
by Donohoe, KittyBunyan and Banjoes is an enchanting potpourri of folklore, songs, Indian legends, recipes, history, and other Michigan-based activities...
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The Calling
by Marcou, DanThe Calling: The Making of a Veteran Cop is an action-packed drama that takes you through the first five years of the career of an American cop. You will get to know Dan McCarthy, who wants to be a cop for all the right reasons. You will ride along with McCarthy as he saves lives, catches bad guys, and tries to survive long enough to become a veteran...
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Canoeing Michigan Rivers
by Dennis, JerryCaution! 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. A wealth of canoeing adventures from placid family floats to blood-curdling whitewater runs. Accurate, easy-to-follow maps show access sites, campgrounds, put-ins/take-outs, roads, bridges. . ...
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Charlotte Avery on Isle Royale
by Curtis, Rebecca S.After a dangerous brush with the Chicago fire of 1871, young Charlotte journeys with her family to the far-off reaches of Lake Superior. While Papa works for an island mining operation, Charlotte meets red-haired Claire and her storytelling grandmother, who introduce her to the island's beauty and intriguing heritage...
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Chicago Haunts
by Bielski, UrsulaWith the first edition of Chicago Haunts, author Ursula Bielski captured 160 years of Chicago's haunted history in the first volume ever devoted to this intriguing subject. Combining lively storytelling with in-depth historical research, exclusive interviews, and insights from parapsychology, Bielski penned a unique and fascinating exploration of the region's supernatural folklore.
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Chicago Haunts 3
by Bielski, UrsulaUrsula Bielski continues her collection of ghastly ghosts in this third volume of Chicago Haunts.
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Classic Ships of the Great Lakes
by Campbell, RobertRobert Campbell's Classic Ships of the Great Lakes presents a visually stunning array of historical and present-day inland shipping including passenger ships, whaleback, bulk carriers, self-unloaders, cement carriers, oil tankers, car ferries, super ships, and more.
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The Colors of Mackinac Island
by Powell, JenniferThe Colors of Mackinac Island takes readers on a photographic tour of Mackinac Island showing all the colors of the rainbow and more. See what colors you can find at the Round Island Lighthouse, Grand Hotel, Mackinac Bridge, Arch Rock, and Main Street...
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Creepy Chicago
by Bielski, UrsulaTrue Tales of Chicago's Famous Phantoms, Haunted History, and Unsolved Mysteries. If you're from Chicago or like to visit here, you've probably been to some of these places. Or at least you've heard of them: The John Hancock Buildling. The Field Museum. Lake Michigan. Navy Pier. Wrigley Field. The Biograph Theater. Graceland Cemetery. They are some of Chicago's landmarks and famous places...
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The Crooked Tree
by Wright, John C.In The Crooked Tree we find a collection of authentic Indian legends. John Wright listened to his grandmother weave these legends of her people and as a result, we find that he has combined this nameless trait of the Indian storyteller with a sense of realism that makes one believe that the story actually happened.
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Destiny of Heroes
by Marcou, DanThis is a novel for our times following two warriors on separate paths destined to intersect. When John Savage joins the military after 9/11, he never expects his path to intertwine with a dangerous jihadist, but when his Airborne Ranger unit is ambushed by insurgents, John comes face to face with a wanted Al Quaeda operative known as The Queen of Hearts. Both escape the battle unscathed...
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Disaster Great Lakes
by Long, MeganDisaster Great Lakes chronicles nearly fifty of the most dramatic events to strike these vast inland seas and surrounding communities.Violent, unpredictable weather has brought down ships from War of 1812 schooners to the legendary Edmund Fitzgerald...
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Ghost Towns of Michigan
by Wakefield, LarryHere is the third volume in the Ghost Towns of Michigan series, featuring 44 of Michigan's most fascinating ghost towns, along with numerous historic photographs. These are stories of land speculators, wildcat bankers, boom-and-bust lumber barons, pioneers who refused to give up, and small towns with big ideas that didn't quite pan out...
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Ghosts of the Great Lakes
by Long, MeganThe Great Lakes have a colorful past that spans hundreds of years, stretches over thousands of miles... and sometimes crosses into the spirit world. Ghosts of the Great Lakes takes readers from the far eastern shores of Lake Ontario to western Lake Superior, revealing haunting and strange tales. These whispers from the other side, however, are based in history and fact...
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Great Lakes Indians
by Kubiak, William J.What were North American Indians really like?Too often, we base our perceptions of North American Indians on what we see in the movies or on television. In many instances these perceptions are misleading or simply incorrect. Now, with growing recognition of our country's valuable cultural heritage comes a renewed interest in and a new appreciation for North America's first inhabitants...
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Great Stories of the Great Lakes
by Boyer, DwightThe first commercial ship to sail the Great Lakes promptly vanished on its maiden voyage, a prophetic beginning to the grim and tragic history of navigation on the world's greatest fresh-water seas...
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A Guide to 199 Michigan Waterfalls
by Penrose, LaurieA Traveller's Guide to 199 Michigan Waterfalls is a must-have resource for visitors and includes maps, descriptions, pictures, history, and directions for getting to the waterfalls. The 30th Anniversary Edition has a new introduction by the author as well as several new waterfalls to visit...
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Guiding Lights, Tragic Shadows
by Butts, EdwardA peaceful lighthouse at Prescott, Ontario, was once the flashpoint of American invasion in an undeclared war. Robbers called "Blackbirds" preyed on Lake Erie shipping, using false beacons to confuse their victims. The lighthouse at Oswego, New York, was the site of one of the worst disasters in the history of the United States Coast Guard...
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Haunted Indiana 2
by Marimen, MarkAs the slogan goes, "There's more than corn in Indiana". If the ghostly legends and tales are to be believed, indeed the Hoosier state is populated not just with corn, but with restless spirits that refuse to stay buried and forgotten. Haunted Indiana is a collection of the many ghostly legends that are told in spooky voices throughout Indiana.
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Haunted Indiana 3
by Marimen, MarkAs the slogan goes, "There's more than corn in Indiana". If the ghostly legends and tales are to be believed, indeed the Hoosier state is populated not just with corn, but with restless spirits that refuse to stay buried and forgotten. Haunted Indiana is a collection of the many ghostly legends that are told in spooky voices throughout Indiana.
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Haunted Indiana 4
by Marimen, MarkHaunted Indiana 4 delves once more into the eerie side of Indiana history with new and old tales from across the state: • The spirit of America's most prolific female serial killer who is said to haunt her former home in La Porte; • The ghost of a grave robber said to walk the paths of a cemetery in New Albany; • A ghost town near Nashville that truly lives up to the term "Ghost Town;" •...
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Haunted Michigan
by Hunter, Gerald S.Buy a theater ticket, treat yourself to dinner at a nice restaurant, stop in for drinks at the neighborhood tavern, or visit a historical setting. These places and more are yours to visit all across Michigan. Just keep your eyes open and your ears tuned in at all times because the strangers you see and the voices you hear may prove that ghosts are found in places both ordinary and extraordinary...
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Haunted Michigan 3
by Hunter, Gerald S.Buy a theater ticket, treat yourself to dinner at a nice restaurant, stop in for drinks at the neighborhood tavern, or visit a historical setting. These places and more are yours to visit all across Michigan. Just keep your eyes open and your ears tuned in at all times because the strangers you see and the voices you hear may prove that ghosts are found in places both ordinary and extraordinary...
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Haunted Travels of Indiana
by Marimen, MarkMark Marimen has for years been enmeshing readers in that special blend of myth, memory and experience that makes ghostlore something that-like these beautiful, preternatural phenomena themselves-refuses to be defined. He is enormously attentive to the history of the state's many treasures: her people, her homes and institutions, her lonely roads and shorelines...
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Haunted Travels of Michigan I
by Tedsen, KathleenTake a virtual journey into the unknown through an interactive book and Web site experience. Become part of the ghost hunt with select groups of Michigan paranormal investigative teams. Read the stories, review the evidence, decide for yourself
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Haunted Travels of Michigan II
by Tedsen, KathleenBev Rydel and Kat Tedsen return to investigating Michigan's most haunted locations in Haunted Travels of Michigan, volume 2 For this second book in the series, the authors have traveled across Michigan conducting paranormal investigations to identify the truth behind urban legends, ghost stories, and suspect hauntings...
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Haunted Travels of Michigan III
by Tedsen, KathleenThe third book in the Haunted Travels of Michigan series again takes Kathleen Tedsen and Beverlee Rydel into bizarre investigations where history is retold by the spirits. This time, however, some investigations lead them into unexplored realms...
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Haunting Illinois
by Kleen, MichaelFor over a decade, Michael Kleen, author of Paranormal Illinois and Tales of Coles County, has researched and traveled to mystery spots all over the Prairie State. Now, he has created an organized and comprehensive guide to haunted and legendary places in Illinois. Haunting Illinois is that guide...
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History of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan
by Blackbird, J. AndrewThis reproduction of the 1887 Ypsilanti Edition of Chief Blackbird's book delivers a rich history of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan along with a section detailing the grammar and parts of speech...
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- Above Mackinac
- All Hell Broke Loose
- Arrived on This Ship
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- Bunyan and Banjoes
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- Calling, The
- Canoeing Michigan Rivers
- Charlotte Avery on Isle Royale
- Chicago Haunts
- Chicago Haunts 3
- Classic Ships of the Great Lakes
- Colors of Mackinac Island, The
- Creepy Chicago
- Crooked Tree, The
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- Destiny of Heroes
- Disaster Great Lakes
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- Ghost Towns of Michigan
- Ghosts of the Great Lakes
- Great Lakes Indians
- Great Stories of the Great Lakes
- Guide to 199 Michigan Waterfalls, A
- Guiding Lights, Tragic Shadows
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- Haunted Indiana 2
- Haunted Indiana 3
- Haunted Indiana 4
- Haunted Michigan
- Haunted Michigan 3
- Haunted Travels of Indiana
- Haunted Travels of Michigan I
- Haunted Travels of Michigan II
- Haunted Travels of Michigan III
- Haunting Illinois
- History of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan
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- In the Grip of the Whirlwind
- Is This an Agate?
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- Ladies of the Lakes
- Law Dogs
- Loon Chick's First Flight
- Lore of the Lakes
- Lost Legends of the Lakes
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- Mackinac Passage
- Memories of the Lakes
- Michigan Agricultural College
- Michigan Divorce Book
- Michigan Divorce Book
- Michigan Divorce Book with Minor Children, The
- Michigan Divorce Book without Minor Children, The
- Michigan Ghost Towns of the Lower Peninsula
- Michigan Ghost Towns of the Upper Peninsula
- Michigan Haunts and Hauntings
- Michigan Rogues, Desperados and Cut-Throats
- Michigan State and National Parks
- Michigan Wildflowers in Color
- Michigan's Best Beer Guide
- Michigan's Best Campgrounds
- Minnesota's Best Beer Guide
- More Chicago Haunts
- More Haunted Michigan
- Morel Mushrooms
- Muldoon
- Mystery on Mackinac Island
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- Nobody's Heroes
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- Old Forts of the Great Lakes
- Outlaws of the Lakes
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- Pictorial Guide to Perennials
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- S.W.A.T.
- Ships and Men of the Great Lakes
- Ships of the Great Lakes
- Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes
- Shipwrecks of the Lakes
- Stepping Into Darkness
- Stick 'Em Up
- Strange Adventures of the Great Lakes
- Superstitions of the Sea
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- Traveler's Guide to 116 Michigan Lighthouses, A
- Trees of Michigan and the Upper Great Lakes
- True Tales of the Great Lakes
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- Unexplained Michigan Mysteries
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- Views of Michigan
- Voices from the Chicago Grave
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- What I Saw on Mackinac
- What's Doin' the Bloomin'?
- Wisconsin's Best Beer Guide, 4th Edition
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