Great Lakes Books Series

Thompson: Steamboats and Sailors of the Great LakesSteamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes

Mark L. Thompson

Spanning more than three centuries, this important volume documents the evolution of the Great Lakes shipping industry through its “Golden Age” at the end of the nineteenth century to the present.

Bak: Cobb Would Have Caught ItCobb Would Have Caught It: The Golden Age of Baseball in Detroit

Richard Bak

A superb combination of Detroit baseball history, 1920–50, and oral histories of those surviving players from that era.

Andrews: Michigan in LiteratureMichigan in Literature

Clarence A. Andrews

A guide to more than one thousand literary and dramatic works set in Michigan from its pre-territorial days to the present.

Delp: Under the Influence of WaterUnder the Influence of Water: Poems, Essays, and Stories

Michael Delp

Through his poetry, essays and short fiction, Delp describes the more esoteric, spiritual aspects of fishing.

Lutes: The Country KitchenThe Country Kitchen

Della T. Lutes

First published in 1936, The Country Kitchen is Della Lutes’ semi-autobiographical tale of life in late nineteenth-century rural Michigan.

Krause: The Making of a Mining DistrictThe Making of a Mining District: Keweenaw Native Copper 1500–1870

David J. Krause

A critical examination of the development of copper mining in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.