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1878 Map of Door County
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1899 Plat Map of Washington Township
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1914 Plat Map of The Town of Gibraltar
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   Buckets and Belts
  Lafferty, William and van Heest,Valerie
   $24.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

On a warm summer afternoon in 1927 off South Haven, Michigan, an old barge began taking on water. Helpless to staunch the flow and realizing the vessel would sink, the crew escaped to the accompanying tug and watched as the ship slipped beneath the surface of Lake Michigan. Its loss unlamented, its career unheralded, it slumbered on the sandy botto    more...

   Dangerous Coast: Pictured Rocks Shipwrecks
  Stonehouse, Frederick and Fountain, Daniel R.
   $15.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

Dangerous Coast tells the maritime history of one of the most shipwreck-strewn ares in the Great Lakes: Superior's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.    more...

   Ghost Ships, Gales & Forgotten Tales: True Adventures on the Great Lakes
  Oleszewski, Wes
   $16.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

None of the stories contained within these pages are of fiction. Each is a narrative of an actual occurrence, the thrilling drama of the ordeal and the tragedy of the losses are real and need no exaggeration.    more...

   Great Lakes Bulk Carriers
  Devendorf, John F.
   $30.00

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

Great Lakes Bulk Carriers 1869 - 1985

In the 1850's the Great Lakes and their many ships provided a transportation system that carried anything and everything that needed to be transported. The goods that were moved by horse-drawn vehicles over dirt roads were negligible. There were three general types of ships operating on the lakes at this time more...

   Great Lakes Crime II - More Murder, Mayhem, Booze & Broads
  Stonehouse, Freederick
   $16.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

The title really says it all, especially the Murder, Mayhem, Booz and Broads part! Everybody likes reading about the seamy side of life... the stuff the old Police Gazette only hinted at, and that's what this book is all about.    more...

   The Great Lakes Diving Guide
  Kohl, Cris
   $19.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

This is a complete reference guide to locate Great Lakes shipwrecks.

This enlarged edition ofThe Great Lakes Diving Guide will tell you about more than 1,000 shipwrecks: their histories, there sinkings, and their locations. All 50 chapters have been expanded and updated! more...

   Great Lakes Freighter, Tanker & Tugboat Disasters
  Kadar, Wayne Louis
   $16.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

Commerial vessels transport millions of tons of cargo around the Great Lakes, occasionally running into trouble. This book brings to the reader twenty-four, sometimes tragic, incidents that have occured to freighters, takers and tugboats around the Great Lakes.    more...

   Great Lakes Ghost Stories: Haunted Tales Past & Present
  Oleszewski, Wes
   $15.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paperback

In his travels as a Great Lakes research historian, Wes Oleszewski has stumbled across many ghost stories. Some ring so true that they can give a cold shiver to even the most experienced shipwreck hunter.    more...

   Great Lakes Grime - Murder, Mayhem, Booze & Broads
  Stonehouse, Fredrick
   $16.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

It may not have the "Spanish Main" but pirates did sail the Great Lakes as did all maner of thieves and muderers. The great Sweetwater Seas had thier fair share of criminal activity. Captains sunk their ships to collect the insurance and honest lightkeepers were "done in" for their meager savings!    more...

   Great Lakes Lighthouse Tales

   $16.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

Lighthouse Tales tells the story of the exciting human side of lightkeeping. It describes the deadly storms, killing fogs and numbing loneliness those who "kept the lights" endured.    more...

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