Wisconsin Indian Literature is a unique anthology that presents the oral traditions, literature, and historically significant documents of the current twelve independent bands and Indian Nations of Wisconsin. Kathleen Tigerman sought input from tribal elders and educators to provide an accurate chronological port
You won't find a more enthusiastic guide to the night sky than Mike Lynch, and you won't find a better guidebook to our night sky than Wisconsin Starwatch.
Now with Wisconsin Starwatch you can easily pick up what beginning and advanced stargazers, ages 12 and up, have learned in his popular sta
There are "secret ingredients" to Greak Lakes history. Reading about sailors and shipwrecks, life-savers, lighthouse keepers, French voyageurs, explorers and fur traders usually leaves the impression it was strictly a male society. Where were the women? The secret ingredients of course are women! more...
From deep sea diver to ship's captian, lighthouse keeper and resuer, women filled virtually every job of the Great Lakes maritime trade - both past and present. This book relates many untold stories of these remarkable women and their impact on the Great Lakes and sailors lives. more...
For many centuries wood was the preferred material for ships, both salt and freshwater. Masts, cabins, decks and hulls were all made from it. It was strong, resilient, easy to work with and inexpensive. Properly used and maintained, a wooden ship could last for many years.
But it was no guarantee of safety as Wood On The Bottom proves beyo
History of Commercial Fishing In Northern Lake Michigan & Door County 1850 - 2005
An old Fisherman once has said; "This old lake gives to me my daily bread, Where winds do blow and seas will spray, It's in my blood - It is my way." Trygvie Jensen
"How would you describe a commercial fishery? Many men in the fisher
This exceptional chronicle takes readers on a visual tour of the glittering "white city" that emerged along the swampy south shore of Lake Michigan as a symbol of Chicago's rebirth and pride twenty-two years after the Great Fire.
In the 1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, the federal government put thousands of unemployed writers to work in the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Out of their efforts came the American Guide series, the first comprehensive guidebooks to the people, resources, and traditions of each state in the unio more...
The mystery of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald has haunted the public for 30 years. What really happened to the ship and her entire 29 man crew during the terrible storm on November 10, 1975?
Did she break in two on the surface due to storm stress, strike an uncharted reef, rip apart because of design or maintenance faults, or did something el