History of the Great Lakes ...
Author | : John Brandt Mansfield |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 972 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Great Lakes (North America) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Brandt Mansfield |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 972 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Great Lakes (North America) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Brandt Mansfield |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1080 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Great Lakes (North America) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Harlan Hatcher |
Publisher | : Crown Publishing Group (NY) |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780517099612 |
Author | : William Ashworth |
Publisher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Great Lakes (North America) |
ISBN | : 9780814318874 |
The Late, Great Lakes is a powerful indictment of man's carelessness, ignorance, and apathy toward the Great Lakes. With the longest continuous coastline in the United States, they hold one-fifth of the world's freshwater supply. Author William Ashworth presents a compelling history of the Great Lakes, from their formation in the Ice Age, to their "discovery" by Samuel de Champlian in 1615, and, finally, to their impending death in our time. Ashworth systematically deals with the wild life that once flourished in the region-beaver, salmon, whitefish, and trout-and describes the threatening elements which have displaced them-the predatory sea lamprey, the alewives, toxic waste, and volatile solids.
Author | : Edward Channing |
Publisher | : New York : The Macmillan Company |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Great Lakes |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Cathy Green |
Publisher | : Wisconsin Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2013-09-23 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0870205927 |
In this highly accessible history of ships and shipping on the Great Lakes, upper elementary readers are taken on a rip-roaring journey through the waterways of the upper Midwest. Great Ships on the Great Lakes explores the history of the region’s rivers, lakes, and inland seas—and the people and ships who navigated them. Read along as the first peoples paddle tributaries in birch bark canoes. Follow as European voyageurs pilot rivers and lakes to get beaver pelts back to the eastern market. Watch as settlers build towns and eventually cities on the shores of the Great Lakes. Listen to the stories of sailors, lighthouse keepers, and shipping agents whose livelihoods depended on the dangerous waters of Lake Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Give an ear to their stories of unexpected tragedy and miraculous rescue, and heed their tales of risk and reward on the low seas. Great Ships also tells the story of sea battles and gunships, of the first vessels to travel beyond the Niagara, and of the treacherous storms and cold weather that caused thousands of ships to sink in the Great Lakes. Watch as underwater archaeologists solve the mysteries of Great Lakes shipwrecks today. And learn how the shift from sail to steam forever changed the history of shipping, as schooners made way for steamships and bulk freighters, and sailing became a recreation, not a hazardous way of life. Designed for the upper elementary classroom with emphasis on Michigan and Wisconsin, Great Ships on the Great Lakes includes a timeline of events, on-page vocabulary, and a list of resources and places to visit. Over 20 maps highlight the region’s maritime history. The accompanying Teacher’s Guide includes 18 classroom activities, arranged by chapter, including lessons on exploring shipwrecks and learning how glaciers moved across the landscape.
Author | : Edward Channing |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 2015-09-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781330626757 |
Excerpt from The Story of the Great Lakes For three hundred years the Great Lakes have been the centre of an immensely varied and interesting history. They were originally the home of savages; they were discovered and explored by Frenchmen; they became the scene of a century-long struggle for possession by Indians of many tribes and white men of three nations; and they have been finally occupied and developed by Americans. In every epoch they present a rich field for study. No minute and exhaustive chronicle has been attempted in this volume, but important events, with the customs and life of each period, have been brought together and presented. Changes have come with such rapidity that the conditions of fifty years ago seem remote to-day. In this swift progress the heritage of the past must not be forgotten. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Ray I. McGrath |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Linda Thompson |
Publisher | : Carson-Dellosa Publishing |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2018-11-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1643698311 |
Young learners will be introduced to an important stage in history when they read Exploring The Great Lakes. This book is filled with photographs, interesting facts, discussion questions, and more, to effectively engage young learners in such a significant re-telling of events. Each 48-page title in The History Of America Collection delves into complex narratives in history. Concise, but comprehensive, these titles are very approachable for transitioning readers and learners beginning to recognize detail orientation and how to analyze text. Each book in this series features photographs, timelines, discussion questions, and more, to fully engage transitioning readers. The History Of America Collection engages students in major historical events with fascinating facts, photographs, and more. Readers are able to gauge their own understanding with before-reading questions that help build background knowledge and end-of-book comprehension and extension activities.
Author | : Dan Egan |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2017-03-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0393246442 |
New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award "Nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative.… Egan’s book is bursting with life (and yes, death)." —Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review 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 before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.