When you look out across any one of the five lakes, all that you will see is a watery horizon that seems to strech forever. By the late 1700s and into the early 1800s, lights were being constucted to warn the mariners of the shoals and shores that could pose a deadly hazard to their vessels. In recent decades, lighthouses have been automated, antiq more...
Fire, mechanical problems, storms and collision can all spell doom to a Great Lakes ship. Ships are destroyed, sailors die and cargo is lost. But when it happens to a passenger ship, it can result in the loss of many, possibly hundreds of lives.
The shipwrecks recovered here describe the terror and devastation of 16 Great Lake passanger ship disa
This is a book of "factual historical narrative". In other words, this is a collection of absolutely true stories of shipwreck and lighthouse adventures, of real people and actual plces on the Great Lakes. Text within these pages contains the sagas of some of the most obscure and thrilling events that can be told of lighthouse keepers, lifesavers a more...
Tragic, memorable, or miraculous, the author here dramatizes the most spectacular shipwrecks and most incredible survivals in the history of the Great Lakes. Re-creating scenes of high courage and screaming panic, Ratigan writes of strange tales, like the captain who went down with his ship rather than let her die alone, and includes the three grea more...
Added to this edition: A foreword by Stephen J. Pyne, the world's foremost historian of fire: 64 pp.; new full-color maps; and numerous new illustrations.
"It was about ten o'clock when we entered into the river. ... Once in water up to our necks, I thought we would at least be safe from the fire, but it was not so; the flames darted over the
Their football legacy is second to none - 12 NFL Championships, 25 Pro Football Hall of Fame members, and names like Lombardi, Lambeau, and Farve, synonymous with a winning tradition.
Green Bay Packers: Legends in Green And gold chronicles the team's phenomenal successes, heartbreaking letdowns, and legendary moments, beginning with an
A prominent borough for many years, Fort Howard occupied the area immediately west of the mouth of the Fox River in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Named after the military garrison that once stood there, Fort Howard - once Green Bay's fierce rival - was incorporated into the City of Green Bay in 1895. Today, the neighborhood is a seamless extension of the c more...
Jutting out of Wisconsin into the blue waters of Lake Michigan, the scenic peninsula of Door County is endowed with the longest coastline of any county in the nation. Since the mid-1800s, the region has boasted a strong maritime industry, dependent on the constant vigilance and efforts of U.S. Coast Guard Units. The county has been home to as many more...
Stories of sportsmen past come to life in "History Afield," an account of the many and varied sporting pursuits that are part of the Wisconsin tradition. Author and outdoorsman Robert Willging shares more than two dozen tales of Wisconsin sporting history, highlighting the hunt for waterfowl, upland birds, and deer; trout fishing in wild northern r more...
The History of Door County: The County Beautiful with a new introduction by Kubet Luchterhand.
Holand's History of Door County is an important benchmark in northeasten Wisconsin History. By interviewing oldtimers and gleaning through newspapers that served the county, Holand compiled a fasinating account both of the region's pas