"The Great Lakes -- Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior -- are five blue jewels in a belt across North America's middle. These enormous lakes hold one of the world's most precious resources: six quadrillion gallons of freshwater. Why did they form? When did they change? How do we keep them safe?-- Front cover flap

Level 2 guided reader that teaches the young reader important concepts about lakes, how they are formed, their importance in the ecosystems, and ways to keep them clean.

A young woman travels alone to a remote island to uncover a past she never knew was hers in this thrilling modern ghost story.

The account of the day-to-day explorations and activities of Dick Proenneke as he built a cabin in the remote wilderness of the Twin Lakes Region of Alaska.

The Great Lakes' treacherous shoals, unpredictable storms, and subzero temperatures have always posed special hazards to mariners--particularly between 1880 and 1950 before the advent of modern navigational technologies--and offered ample opportunity for an enterprising sailor to build a salvage business. Designing much of his equipment and honing a keen eye for the risks and rewards of various catastrophes, Captain Tom Reid rose from humble beginnings...

Most of work covers the Great Lakes storm of November 1913, but also includes sections on the Armistice Day storm of 1940, and November storms of 1958, 1966, and 1975. Shipping losses in all of the storms are recorded. Includes material about the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

"The Great Lakes--Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior--hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan's compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right...

"Crisscrossing the Great Lakes onboard her father's freighter ship, the Mary Elise, Elise Wright has grown up cooking and caring for the crew. It is a life she loves. Unlike her estranged sister, Elise has turned down numerous opportunities for a 'respectable life' with their wealthy relatives. And now, because of promises she made to her dying mother, she's bound to the ship and her deeply grieving father more than ever. Nick Clark is grateful to...

Presents the history of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, through historical photographs, captions, and essays. Begins with its establishment in 1871 and traces the town's development, business leaders, key changes, and landmarks into the modern era.