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          Michigan’s Venice

          Michigan's Venice

          The Transformation of the St. Clair Maritime Landscape, 1640–2000

          by Daniel F. Harrison

          Price: $39.99

          ISBN: 9780814349472

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: April 2024

          Format: Hardcover

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          280 Pages

          Viewed over time, the region forms a microcosm of the interplay of environment, culture, and technology that characterized the gradual shift from nature to an industrial society and a built environment optimized for global waterborne transport.

          Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company

          Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company

          by C. Roger Pellett

          Price: $39.99

          ISBN: 9780814344767

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: May 2018

          Format: Hardcover

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          216 Pages

          Readers interested in the maritime history of the Great Lakes and the industries that developed around them will find this book fascinating.

          Queen of the Lakes

          Queen of the Lakes

          by Mark L. Thompson

          Price: $29.99

          ISBN: 9780814343364

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: December 2017

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          224 Pages

          Queen of the Lakes is a Great Lake Books publication.

          Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes

          Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes

          by Mark L. Thompson

          Price: $29.99

          ISBN: 9780814343340

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: December 2017

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          232 Pages

          fleet that numbers fewer than seventy vessels.

          Harborless

          Harborless

          by Cindy Hunter Morgan

          Price: $17.99

          ISBN: 9780814342428

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: June 2017

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          296 Pages

          This collection accomplishes that task through history and imagination, producing lake lore that will speak to historians and those interested in ships, poetry, and the Great Lakes.

          Iron Fleet

          Iron Fleet

          The Great Lakes in World War II

          by George J. Joachim

          Price: $32.99

          ISBN: 9780814324806

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: December 2016

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          160 Pages

          Based mainly on original research from primary sources, Iron Fleet explores the use of Great Lakes shipyards for the production of salt water civilian and military vessels, the role of the Great Lakes passenger ships in providing vacation opportunities for war workers, and the extensive measures taken to to safeguard the Soo Locks and other potential targets from sabotage.

          Graveyard of the Lakes

          Graveyard of the Lakes

          by Mark L. Thompson

          Price: $27.99

          ISBN: 9780814332269

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: April 2004

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          424 Pages

          Graveyard of the Lakes will forever change the reader's perspective on shipwrecks.

          Beyond the Windswept Dunes

          Beyond the Windswept Dunes

          The Story of Maritime Muskegon

          by Elizabeth B. Sherman

          Price: $32.99

          ISBN: 9780814331279

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: June 2003

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          216 Pages

          The book offers many first-hand statements of shipwreck survivors and other witnesses, lending an authentic voice to the accounts.

          Schooner Passage

          Schooner Passage

          Sailing Ships and the Lake Michigan Frontier

          by Theodore J. Karamanski

          Price: $39.99

          ISBN: 9780814329115

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: January 2001

          Format: Hardcover

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          272 Pages

          Schooner Passage will interest scholars and students of Great Lakes and American history as well as the general reader interested in nineteenth-century western expansion.

          Tin Stackers

          Tin Stackers

          The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company

          by Al Miller

          Price: $39.99

          ISBN: 9780814328323

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: July 1999

          Format: Hardcover

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          352 Pages

          Tin Stackers preserves their role in industrial history.

          Life on the Great Lakes

          Life on the Great Lakes

          A Wheelsman's Story

          by Fred W. Dutton

          Edited by William Donohue Ellis

          Price: $24.99

          ISBN: 9780814322611

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: February 1991

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          176 Pages

          Historians, folklore buffs, and ship lovers will discover details of vessel operation usually available only in the dialogue of a passing generation of very elderly sailors.

          Freshwater Fury

          Freshwater Fury

          Yarns and Reminiscences of the Greatest Storm in Inland Navigation

          by Frank Barcus

          Foreword by Rachelle Barcus Warren

          Price: $23.99

          ISBN: 9780814318287

          Publisher: Wayne State University Press

          Publication Date: December 1986

          Format: Paperback

          Imprint: Wayne State University Press

          186 Pages

          The many drawings, maps, and diagrams executed by the author add pictorial interest to the story of this dramatic struggle between men and the elements.

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