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Tombs of the Vanishing Indian
Talonbooks 2012; US$ 16.95Marie Clements' powerful multimedia dramas address difficult Aboriginal issues with sharp insight and critique. more...
Lake Effect
University of Minnesota Press 2003; US$ 51.00In Lake Effect, writer Erika Alin explores both the natural and the human landscapes of Lake Superior, meditating on the rich geological, historical, and cultural events that have shaped the region. Alin?s engaging essays reveal a profound sensitivity to the natural world and a penetrating historical imagination. more...
Tales from the Great Lakes
Dundurn 1996; US$ 9.99For more than two hundred years, thousands of giant sailing ships traversed the Great Lakes carrying cargo and passengers. The memory of the romance and elegance of these beautiful ships has almost been forgotten in the search for greater efficiency and speed in our modern world. C.H.J. Snider (1879-1971) chronicled this era in his 1,303 "Schooner... more...
The Third Coast
Chicago Review Press 2008; US$ 19.95Chronicling the author?s 10,000-mile ?Great Lakes Circle Tour,? this travel memoir seeks to answer a burning question: Is there a Great Lakes culture, and if so, what is it? Largely associated with the Midwest, the Great Lakes region actually has a culture that transcends the border between the United States and Canada. United by a love of encased... more...
The Women's Great Lakes Reader
Ladyslipper Press, Inc. 2001; US$ 24.95Women lighthouse keepers, fur traders, cooks on sailing vessels, missionaries, and fearless travelers all wrote of their lives on the Great Lakes, both publicly and in quiet testimonies such as letters, logbooks, and diaries. Their narratives, which span the centuries from 1789 to the present, are now collected in this anthology. Compiled in response... more...
Cultures In Conflict
Utah State University Press 1995; US$ 25.00Cultures in Conflict offers students of history an invaluable source of documents regarding the history of the Mormon presence in Illinois. Few local histories are so academically sound. ?Illinois Times Hallwas and Launius have compiled and written the most balanced and thorough account yet of the events and circumstances that led to the forced Mormon... more...
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