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1878 Map of Door County
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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...

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...

Ice Water Museum<br>Forgotten Great Lakes Shipwrecks

Ice Water Museum
Forgotten Great Lakes Shipwrecks
Oleszewski, Wes
$14.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

"Record show that more than 3,500 lakers have been lost on the five Great Lakes. The bottoms of the big lakes are littered with the remains of wooden schooners, sidewheel steamers, arched package freighters, iron and steel ore freighter of all kinds, many well-preserved in the cold dark depths.    more...

Maritime Manitowoc 1847-1947
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
$19.99

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

From schooners to submarines, Manitowoc has been home to shipbuilders and their craft for over 200 years. Thanks to the vast collections of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Maritime Manitowoc: 1847-1947 uncovers the fascinating and colorful Golden Age of shipbuilding in the area. This book explores the remarkable history of Manitowoc's shipyar    more...

S. S. Badger<br>The Lake Michigan Car Ferry

S. S. Badger
The Lake Michigan Car Ferry
Chavez, Art
$19.99

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

One of the last operating coal-burning steamships in the world, the S.S. Badger provides travelers and their automobiles with what is now the only opportunity to ferry across Lake Michigan. Each summer, thousands of tourists enjoy sailing the 60-mile run between Ludington, Michigan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

In 1892, the Ann Arbor Railroad Company more...

Shipwreck Tales of The Great Lakes
Kohl, Cris
$21.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

1. Is this shipwreck piece from the fabled Griffon, which went missing on its maiden voyage in 1679?

2. What made the popular Detroit River excursion steamer, Tashmoo, cruse into history?

3. How did the captain of the schooner George A. Marsh, keep his shipwreck survival a secret for 10 years?
(Historian Doug Pettingill more...

The Steamer "Queen of the Silver Stackers"
Irvin, William A.
$9.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

Since 1986, the William A. Irving has provided visitors with a chance to see a Great Lakes vessel on the inside. The IRVIN crew has always strived to make each person's visit an educational yet entertaining experience.

With over 15 years in it's new crew career, the IRVIN crew hopes to give visitors a glimpse of life on a boat for years more...

Steel On The Botom
Stonehouse, Fredrick
$16.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

A Strong steel hull is no guarantee of safety or longevity on the Great Lakes as Steel On The Bottom proves beyond a doubt.

Storm, collision and human folly all played a part in sending these big steel ships thundering to the bottom of the lakes where they quietly disintegrate into nothing.

Steel On The Bottom tells the dramatic s more...

They Had To Go Out

$16.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

Forward by Frederick Stonehouse

Between 1878 and 1915, the surfmen and keepers of the United States Life-Saving Service, forerunner to today's Coast Guard, recued more than 186,000 people from certain death in the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific, along the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes and the Ohio River. They battled hurricanes and nor'easters, more...

Wood On The Bottom
Stonehouse, Frederick
$16.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

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 more...