Growing Up Yooper
| Author | : Carol Brisson Zechlin |
| Publisher | : The Guest Cottage, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 102 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781930596290 |
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A Yooper's Summer on Isle Royale
| Author | : Dan Kemp |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013-04 |
| Genre | : Distilling, Illicit |
| ISBN | : 9781475984408 |
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"This book is a rollicking, humorous, read - unlike any book ever written about Isle Royale. Dan Kemp is a great storyteller." -Peter Oikarinen, Author of Island Folk - The People of Isle Royale They checked the weather reports, and everything looked clear. Everything had to be clear before the boys could traverse dangerous Lake Superior. Confident in their decision, Digger and Wayne take to the water in a fourteen-foot rowboat, and following a harrowing adventure across deep, blue waters, they make it to the incomparable Isle Royale, off Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Residents of the UP, known as Yoopers, these boys are ready for trouble, and trouble finds them right away when National Park Ranger Robert Davies-whom the boys call "Dudley," after Dudley Dooright-decides to keep a close watch. Even so, the ranger's careful observations can't stop the boys from bootlegging, getting cozy with local gals, and helping travelers in need. By the end of the summer, these best pals have broken every rule in the book-and forced Dudley to write a few new ones. Isle Royale is a majestic piece of untouched land, lacking in electricity, but filled to the brim with colorful personalities and freedom. Digger and Wayne will never be the same ... but neither will the little island that feels just like paradise.
Growing Up Yooper
| Author | : Jim Kane |
| Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 170 |
| Release | : 2008-12-01 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781436382663 |
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"Charming and unassuming, Jim Kane's recollections of his childhood in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan paints for the reader as much of his innocent, sweet nature as about the lessons he learns. He had the good fortune of being reared in a family that provided "way cool" experiences. The nostalgia of one's childhood offers a host of material for our memoir writing today, and Jim Kane's Growing Up Yooper illuminates much of what is missing in today's culture. Mary Luther, Professor Emeritus, English Department, Muskegon Community College, Muskegon, Michigan "For any young man who grew up in a rural town atmosphere in the 1940's and 50's, this book will speak to you. It is a reminder of all that was good in that life, another era that we now miss deeply. Jim Kane has captured the essence of that life, when it was much simpler and the rewards came from family and community. Whether it is a first car, first date, first buck, or just exploring the wonders of the woods and streams with good friends, it will speak to you and bring back memories that are buried deep within your psyche. Treat yourself to a trip down a young man's capture of his Upper Peninsula roots in the State of Michigan." Frank P. Marczak, Ed.D., Class of 58, AD Johnson High School, Bessemer, Michigan "Whether telling a story about attending a high school prom or catching brook trout, Jim Kane ably captures the charm and innocence of his boyhood in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Each chapter is a reminder of the joys of simplicity: a job well done, a compliment from a parent, a blueberry muffin, a treasured hunting rifle. These are the rich experiences that we share as people of the Upper Peninsula, our stories." Dean Premo, Ph.D., Co-founder of White Water Associates, Inc. (Ecological Consulting & Environmental Laboratory), Co-founder of White Water family band, Amasa, Iron County, Michigan
Yooper Bars
| Author | : Randy Kluck |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Bars (Drinking establishments) |
| ISBN | : 9780615566214 |
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A travel guide featuring over 100 of the best bars in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
100 Things to Do in the Upper Peninsula Before You Die
| Author | : Kath Usitalo |
| Publisher | : Reedy Press LLC |
| Total Pages | : 217 |
| Release | : 2017-04-01 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1681060884 |
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Touring Michigan's Upper Peninsula (U.P.) is like taking a two-week trip by station wagon. Not in terms of time—you can sample plenty if four days is all you have. It’s about stepping back and appreciating a place of raw scenic beauty dotted with roadside attractions, blinker-light towns, rustic cabins and hand-painted signs advertising smoked fish and homemade jam. With 100 Things to Do in the Upper Peninsula Before You Die, discover a land mostly surrounded by the Great Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior, linked to the state’s Mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula by a five-mile suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac. The U.P. surprises with Victorian-era and car-free Mackinac Island, millions of acres of forests, waterfalls, wildlife, remnants of the prosperous copper mining era, and 1,700 miles of spectacular shoreline. It’s home to about 311,000 hardy Yoopers (U.P.-ers), just 3% of Michigan’s population across a third of the state’s territory. Cell phone service can be spotty and the top speed along two-lane highways is 55 mph—all the better to slow down and embrace the U.P., whether you’re in search of extreme sports experiences, soft adventure or a simple slice of solitude.
Yooper Talk
| Author | : Kathryn A. Remlinger |
| Publisher | : Languages and Folklore of Uppe |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2019-07-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780299312541 |
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Remlinger's book engagingly examines the history of the "Yooper" dialect of American English in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, focusing on how and why such regional dialects and identities emerge.
Finns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
| Author | : The Finnish American Heritage Center |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 146712978X |
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"On Midsummer Eve, 1865, more than 30 Finnish and Sami immigrants disembarked from a Great Lakes ship to a place called Hancock, Michigan. At the time, Hancock consisted of nothing more than a small cluster of humble buildings, but it was here, on the outskirts of mid-19th-century civilization, that Finnish settlement in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP) took root. Much to the surprise of these new Americans, Midsummer was not a religious holiday marked by feasts in celebration of the season's prolonged sunlight. Rather, the newcomers were immediately hastened into the bowels of the earth to extract copper in pursuit of the American Dream. In short order, hardworking Finnish immigrants became reputable miners, lumberjacks, farmers, maids, and commercial fishermen. A century and a half later, the UP boasts the largest Finnish population outside of the motherland and sustains the determined spirit the Finns call sisu--an influence that remains palpable in all 15 UP counties."--
Murder Grins and Bears It
| Author | : Deb Baker |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
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On opening day of bear hunting season in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a game warden is murdered right under Little Donny's tree stand. Little Donny disappears into the backwoods, forcing sixty-six-year-old Gertie to use her "unique" investigative techniques to find her favorite grandson. Gertie's search is hampered by her pin-curled bodyguard Kitty, her man-hungry friend Cora Mae, and Grandma Johnson?who should be mushing peas between her new false teeth in the Escanaba nursing home instead of setting up camp at Gertie's place. To top it off, Gertie's son Blaze, the local sheriff, seems more concerned with arresting his mom for cruising down Highway M35 without a driver's license than finding Little Donny or catching the killer. Note: NO animals are harmed in this romp through the backwoods! Praise for the series: "Laugh-out-loud funny" Crimespree Magazine "Fans of Janet Evanovich, imagine Grandma Mazur with a shotgun." Green Bay Press Gazette "One of the most memorable heroines in recent crime fiction." Lansing State Journal.
Yoopernatural Haunts
| Author | : Brad Blair |
| Publisher | : Visionary Living, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2019-06-21 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 1942157525 |
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Eerie. Exotic. Haunted. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula boasts a wild and mysterious landscape that teems with ghosts from its rugged and colorful history. In earlier times this remote and often inaccessible terrain spawned a world of its own that still lives on in the haunted mists and shadows. Join Michigan’s premier investigators, the Upper Peninsula Paranormal Research Society, as they open their case files to some of the best haunted locales. Most of the team are U.P. natives, fondly known as “Yoopers.” Their stories are packed with history, lore, and detailed descriptions of investigations, plus ample helpings of charm and humor.
Bloodstoppers & Bearwalkers
| Author | : Richard Mercer Dorson |
| Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780299227142 |
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Remote and rugged, Michigan's Upper Peninsula (fondly known as "the U.P.") has been home to a rich variety of indigenous peoples and Old World immigrants--a heritage deeply embedded in today's "Yooper" culture. Ojibwes, French Canadians, Finns, Cornish, Poles, Italians, Slovenians, and others have all lived here, attracted to the area by its timber, mineral ore, and fishing grounds. Mixing local happenings with supernatural tales and creatively adapting traditional stories to suit changing audiences, the diverse inhabitants of the U.P. have created a wealth of lore populated with tricksters, outlaws, cunning trappers and poachers, eccentric bosses of the mines and lumber camps, "bloodstoppers" gifted with the lifesaving power to stop the flow of blood, "bearwalkers" able to assume the shape of bears, and more. For folklorist Richard M. Dorson, who ventured into the region in the late 1940s, the U.P. was a living laboratory, a storyteller's paradise. Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers, based on his extensive fieldwork in the area, is his richest and most enduring work. This new edition, with a critical introduction and an appendix of additional tales selected by James P. Leary, restores and expands Dorson's classic contribution to American folklore. Engaging and well informed, the book presents and ponders the folk narratives of the region's loggers, miners, lake sailors, trappers, and townsfolk. Unfolding the variously peculiar and raucous tales of the U.P., Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers reveals a vital component of Upper Midwest culture and a fascinating cross-section of American society.
