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050 4 $aF551$b.D39 2004
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100 1 $aDennis, Jerry,$d1954-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe living Great Lakes :$bsearching for the heart of the inland seas /$cJerry Dennis.
250 $aFirst St. Martin's Griffin edition.
264 1 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bThomas Dunne Books,$c[2004]
300 $aviii, 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"June 2004"--Title page verso.
500 $aMap on pages ii-iii.
586 $a"Winner of "Best Book of 2003" by the Outdoor Writers Association of America"--Cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-286) and index.
505 0 $aLake Michigan. Size matters ; A child's view of Lake Michigan ; What Tocqueville missed ; The beach at Good Harbor ; A view of Superior -- Lake Michigan. A meeting on the Malabar ; The history of a concrete boat ; A providential Seiche ; We begin our voyage -- Lake Michigan. Ancient oceans ; How the lakes were formed ; First people ; Hemingway country ; The King of Beaver Island ; We reach the top of the horseshoe -- Lake Michigan. The Chicago Lakefront ; Racing to Mackinac ; Dunes and sand mining ; Across the finish line -- The Straits of Mackinac. Mighty Mac ; The crossroads of the Lakes ; Wind and ice ; A brief history of the Straits --
505 0 $aLake Superior. Remembering Superior ; Canoeing along the North Shore ; A brief history of the Voyageurs ; Is the water for sale? ; Stormbound ; Lessons in bushwhacking ; A Requiem -- Lake Superior. The gales of November ; The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald ; A survivor's story -- Lake Huron. Down Huron ; We raise sail for the first time ; Matt and his knots ; Blue domers ; Georgian Bay and rumors of wilderness ; Timber and fire ; An Orangutan in Sumatra -- St. Claire River/Detroit River. Low water in the Lakes ; To the St. Clair ; Freighters and lake carriers ; Run aground ; La Salle and the Griffin ; We dock in Detroit -- Detroit River/Lake Erie. Downriver Detroit ; On to Erie ; A visit to Walleye World ; Invasion of the Zebra Mussels and other environmental matters ; A little storm on Skeerie-Erie --
505 0 $aLake Erie. Downwind on Erie ; The beachcomber of Long Point ; The Welland Canal and the invasion of the Sea Lamprey ; Salmon come to the Lakes -- Lake Michigan. Lake squall, 1967 -- Lake Ontario. A liberty ship in Welland ; On to Ontario ; High water in Oswego ; A tour of a lake carrier ; Oil spills and gas fires ; Stepping the masts -- Erie Canal/Hudson River. The Erie Canal and the American dream ; We run aground again ; Raising the sticks in Albany ; Down the Hudson at night ; A Manhattan morning ; Hell gate to the Sound -- The Atlantic. Long Island Sound ; New crew in New Haven ; A storm on the Sound ; On to Maine -- Lake Michigan. Home again ; Taking issue ; Reflections on the future of the Great Lakes ; Swimming the wreck.
520 $aThe author provides an account of his experiences as a crew member on a tall-masted schooner during a six-week voyage through the Great Lakes, and discusses his other explorations of the lakes, looking at their history, geology, and environmental disaster and rescue.
586 $aSigurd Olson Nature Writing award, 2003.
600 10 $aDennis, Jerry,$d1954-$xTravel$zGreat Lakes Region (North America)
651 0 $aGreat Lakes (North America)$xHistory.
650 0 $aNatural history$zGreat Lakes (North America)
651 0 $aGreat Lakes (North America)$xEnvironmental conditions.
650 0 $aNatural history$zGreat Lakes Region (North America)
600 16 $aDennis, Jerry$xVoyages$zGrands Lacs, Région des.
650 6 $aSciences naturelles$zGrands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord)
651 6 $aGrands Lacs$xHistoire.
651 6 $aGrands Lacs$xEnvironnement.
651 6 $aGrands Lacs (Amérique du Nord)$xHistoire.
650 6 $aSciences naturelles$zGrands Lacs (Amérique du Nord)
651 6 $aGrands Lacs (Amérique du Nord)$xConditions environnementales.
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650 7 $aTravel.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01155558
651 7 $aGreat Lakes.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01240563
651 7 $aGreat Lakes Region.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01258523
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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