Great Lakes and Maritime

Walton: SongquestSongquest: The Journals of Great Lakes Folklorist Ivan H. Walton

Ivan H. Walton with Joe Grimm

The field notes of a pioneering folklorist who collected the songs, stories, and cultural history of Great Lakes sailors in the 1930s.

Livingston: Eight SteamboatsEight Steamboats: Sailing Through the Sixties

Patrick Livingston

Recounting his sailing and land roving expeditions during the tumultuous 1960s, Patrick Livingston presents a series of tales centered on ships of the Great Lakes and the men who sail them.

Sherman: Beyond the Windswept DunesBeyond the Windswept Dunes: The Story of Maritime Muskegon

Elizabeth B. Sherman

The first book to document the maritime history of the port city Muskegon combining historical detail and good storytelling.