Great Lakes Cruising Club List of Books of Interest to Members, 2010 Edition

Sorted by Category, then Author, then Alphabetical within Author

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Saga of the Great Lakes, The

/ Coles Publishing Co. Ltd., Toronto, 1980 / Reprint of book originally published by J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

Historic LakeVessels in Color, Collector Photo Series #1

/ Marine Historical Society of Detroit / From late ‘40s through early ‘60s; many rare photos
Those Army Engineers: History of the Chicago District / U. S. A. C. E., Chicago District
Lake Superior / Agassiz, Louis & Cabot, J. Elliot / Boston, Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850
Steamer William A. Irvin, The: Queen of the Silver Stackers / Aho, Jody / Avery Color Studios, 1995 / Story of retired USS flagship bulk carrier now a museum ship at Duluth
Travels and Adventures in Canada and The IndianTerritories / Alexander, Henry / New York, I. Riley, 1809
Log of the NorthShore Club, The: Paddle and Portage on the Hundred Trout Rivers of Lake Superior / Alexander, Kirkland B. / New York and London, The Knickerbocker Press, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1911 / Guys in bowlers & ties with Indian guides, traveling in Mackinaw boats and canoes from steamers; wilderness fishing; great photos
Oliver Hazard Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie / Altoff, Gerard T. / The Perry Group, 1999
Great Lakes Sailing Ships / Barkhausen, Henry N. / Milwaukee, Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1947
Georgian Bay, An Illustrated History / Barry, James P. / Boston Mills Press, 1995
Old Forts of the Great Lakes: Sentinels of the Wilderness / Barry, James P. / Thunder Bay Press, 1996
Ships of the Great Lakes / Barry, James P. / Freshwater Press, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio
Northern Ojibway and the Fur Trade, The: An Historical and Ecological Study / Bishop, C. A. / Toronto, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974
By Water & Rail: A History of Lake County, Minnesota / Bishop, Hugh / Lake Superior Port Cities, 2000 / Personal accounts well-reported by a popular north shore writer
Indian Tribes of the UpperMississippiValley and Region of the Great Lakes, The: As Described by Nicolas Perrot, French Commandant in the Northwest / Blair, Emma Ellen (editor) / 1996
Fishing the Great Lakes: An Environmental History / Bogue, Margaret Beattie / University of Wisconsin Press, 2000
Around the Shores of Lake Superior: A Guide to Historic Sites / Bogue, Margaret Beattie & Palmer, Virginia A. / University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program, 1979
Ninety Fathoms Down: Canadian Stories of the Great Lakes / Bourrie, Mark / 1995
Lore of the Lakes / Bowen, Dana Thomas / Freshwater Press, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio / Originally published in 1940 with reprintings
Memories of the Lakes / Bowen, Dana Thomas / Freshwater Press, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio / Originally published in 1946 with several reprintings
Great Stories of the Great Lakes / Boyer, Dwight / Freshwater Press, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio, 1966
Ships and Men of the Great Lakes / Boyer, Dwight / Freshwater Press, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio, 1977 / Illustrated with photos and maps
Strange Adventures of the Great Lakes / Boyer, Dwight / Freshwater Press, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio, 1974
True Tales of the Great Lakes / Boyer, Dwight / Freshwater Press, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio
So Terrible a Storm / Brown, Curt / Voyageur Press, 2008 / Casualties of 1905 Storm on Lake Superior
Ninety YearsCrossingLakeMichigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries / Brown, Grant, Jr. / University of Michigan Press, 2008
History of Brule’s Discoveries and Explorations / Butterfield, C. W. / Cleveland, 1898
Francis Smith, The: Palace Steamer of the Upper Great Lakes, 1867-1896 / Cameron, Scott L. / Natural Heritage Books, 2005 / Luxury sidewheeler
S.S.City of Midland 41 / Chavez, Art / Arcadia Publishing / Flagship Car Ferry of Pere Marquette Fleet
Superior: Under the Shadow of the Gods / Chisholm, Barbara and Gutsche, Andrea / Lynx Images, 1998 / Accompanying video available; Canadian shore emphasis
Tour of the AmericanLakes, etc. in 1830 / Colton, Calvin / London, 1833
Manuscript Journal of Alexander Henry and David Thompson, 1799-1814 / Coues, Elliott / New York, Francis P. Harper, 1897
Here Was Vinland: The Great Lakes Region of America / Curran, James Watson / Sault Ste. Marie, The Sault Daily Star, 1939
Great Lakes, The / Curwood, James Oliver / New York, 1909, reprinted in 1967
Freshwater: A History and Narrative of the Great Lakes / Cuthbertson, George A. / MacMillan Co., 1931 / Description and illustrations, fur trade especially well covered
Six Fitzgerald Brothers, Lake Captains All / Cutler, Elizabeth Fitzgerald & Hirthe, Walter / Wisconsin Marine Historical Society, 1983
Sagas of Superior, the Inland Sea / Dean, Pauline / Manitowadge, Ont., 1992, Great Spirit Writers / North Superior—Canadian Events and Places
To Build a Canal: Sault Ste. Marie, 1853-1854 and After / Dickinson, John D.
Great Lakes, The: or Inland Seas of America; embracing a full description of lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario; rivers St. Mary, St. Clair, Detroit, Niagara, and St. Lawrence; commerce of the lakes, etc., etc. together with a guide to the upper Mississippi River, giving a description of cities, towns, etc. Forming altogether a complete guide for pleasure traveler and emigrant / Disturnell, John / Philadelphia, W. B. Zieber, 1871
Sailing on the Great Lakes / Disturnell, John / Philadelphia, 1874
UpperLakes of North America / Disturnell, John / New York, 1857
Schooners in Peril: True and Exciting Stories about Tall Ships on the Great Lakes / Donahue, James L. / 1997
Engineers for the Public Good: History of the BuffaloDistrict, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers / Drescher, Nuala / U. S. A. C. E., Buffalo District, 1982
Prehistoric Copper Mining in the Lake Superior Region / Drier, Roy & Octave Du Temple / Privately published, 1961
Ghosts of the Bay: A Guide to the History of Georgian Bay / Floren, Russell & Gutsche, Andrea / Lynx Images, 1994
USCG Mackinaw: An Illustrated History of a Great Lakes Queen / Fornes, Mike / 2006
Summer on the lakes in 1843 / Fuller, Margaret / Nieuwkoop, B. De Graaf, 1972 / Facsimile with introduction by Madeleine B. Stern. Originally published in 1844.
Abitibi Tugs / Gillham, Skip & Longhust, Buck / 2008 / Pulpwood rafting, mostly Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior
A. B. McLean & Sons / Gillham, Skip & Longhurst, Buck / 2009 / Tug History
Beaconsfield, Mohawk and the Red Barges / Gillham, Skip & Onchulenko, Gene / 2009
Final Voyage II: Ships Scrapped in Hamilton & Niagara / Gillham, Skip & Beaupre, Ron / 2009
Liberties on the Lakes / Gillham, Skip / 2004 / Gillham’s books are available from the author , 3700 King St., Vineland, ONCanada, LOR 2CO
Niagara’s Shipping Heritage: From 1828 to Port Weller Drydocks / Gillham, Skip / 1999
Purvis Marine Limited / Gillham, Skip & Longhurst, “Buck” / 2006
Shipbuilding in Niagara 1828-2008 / Gillham, Skip / 2008
Ten Tales of the Great Lakes / Gillham, Skip / 1980
Life on the Lakes / Gilman, Dr. Chandler R. / New York, George Dearborn, 1836 / Two volumes
Norwegian Sailors on the Great Lakes / Gjerstet, Knut / Norwegian-American History Association, 1928

Lake Superior Copper and the Indians: Miscellaneous Studies of Great Lakes Prehistory

/ Griffen, James B. (editor) / Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Michigan Press, 1961
North Channel and St. Mary’s River, The / Gutsche, Andrea & Chisholm, Barbara / Lynx Images, Inc. / Subtitle: “A Guide to the History”
Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interior of North America, A / Harmon, Daniel W. / New York, Allerton Book Co., 1905
Early Stories of the Great Lakes / Harwood, H.S. / Black Letter Press, 1976 / Reprint of 1893 book
Great Lakes, The / Hatcher, Harlan / OxfordUniversity Press, 1944
Lake Erie / Hatcher, Harlan / Bobbs-Merrill, 1945 / One of the "American LakesSeries" from this publisher
Pictorial History of the Great Lakes, A / Hatcher, Harlan & Walter, Erich A. / Crown Publishers, New York, 1963
Great Lakes Reader, The / Havighurst, Walter / Macmillan, 1966 / An anthology
Great Lakes Wooden Shipbuilding Era, The / Inches, H. C. / Great Lakes Historical Society, 1962
Great Lakes—St. Lawrence Seaway: Deep Waterway to the Sea / Ireland, Tom / G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, London, 1934 / Original may still be in some libraries; Amazon shows that this book has been reprinted, but does not show date.
By Cross and Anchor / Jamison, James K. / Paterson, N. J., St. Anthony Guild Press, 1946
St. Lawrence Seaway, The: Fifty Years and Counting / Jenish, D’Arcy / St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, 2009 / A thorough and official account of Seaway history from inception; both English and French editions available
Schooner Passage: Sailing Ships and the Lake Michigan Frontier / Karamanski, Theodore / WayneStateUniversity Press, 2001
Kitchi-Gammi / Kohl, George Johann / St. Paul, Minn., Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1985
Great Lakes Log / Lamour, John / Monroe, Mich., Lamour Printing Co., 1971
A Summer in the Wilderness / Lanman, Charles / New York, D. Appleton, 1847
Essayons: History of the DetroitDistrict, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers / Larson, John W. / U. S. A. C. E., Detroit District, 1981
Boats on the Bays de Noc, Delta County, Michigan: 1860a to the 1960a / Lindquist, Dr. Charles / DeltaCounty Historical Society, 2009 / Of special interest to cruising northern Green Bay
Pigboat—The Story of the Whalebacks / Lydecker, Ryck / Sweetwater Press, 1973 / About the unusual bulk carriers built at Superior, Wis., where the retired whaleback Meteor is now a museum ship
Great Lakes St.Lawrence Ship Channel / MacElwee, Roy S. & Ritter Alfred H. / The Ronald Press Company, 1921 / In which “the authors have endeavored to present conservatively the more important … advantages to be gained from opening the Great Lakes to ocean traffic”
Voyages from Montreal on River St. Laurence Through the Continent of North America, 1789 and 1793 / MacKenzie, Alexander / London, T. Codell Jr. and W. Davis, et al., 1801
Fate of the Griffon, The / MacLean, Harrison John / Chicago, Swallow Press, 1974
Ships of Canada’s Marine Services, The / Maginley, Charles D. / Vanwell Publishing Ltd., 2004
Warships of the Great Lakes 1754-1834 / Malcomson, Robert / U. S. Naval Institute, 2001
Blue Water Boundary: Epic Highway of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence from Early Explorers to the Completion of the Seaway / Malkus, Alida / New York, 1960 / 308 pages of historic borderwater exploration and commerce
History of the Great Lakes / Mansfield, J. B. / Freshwater Press, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio / Two-volume reprint of 1899 original
Ahoy & Farewell II / Marine Historical Society of Detroit / Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 1996 / 1969-1994 compilation of wrecked, abandoned, retired & new ships on Great Lakes; original Ahoy and Farewell covered 1955-69.
Great Lakes Engineering Works, The: The Shipyard and its Vessels / Marine Historical Society of Detroit / Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 2008 / 500 pages, more than 1,000 photographs. GLEW had three shipyards and built more than 300 vessels
Historic LakeVessels in Color Collector Photo Series #1 / Marine Historical Society of Detroit / Marine Historical Society of Detroit / First of a series
Great Lakes Archeology / Mason, Ronald J. / New York, Academic Press, 1981
Ships of Canada’s Marine Services, The / Maginley, Charles D. / Vanwell Publishing, Ltd., St. Catherines, ON / Canadian Government vessels, civilian crewed
Silver and Stone: Georgian Bay / McIntyre, Lyle / Boston Mills Press, 1996
Sketches of a tour to the lakes, of the character and customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of incidents connected with the Treaty of Fond du Lac / McKenney, Thomas Loraine / BarreMass., Imprint Society, 1972 / Reprint of 1827 edition
Master of the InlandSeas: Capt. Thomas Wilson and His Fleets / Meakin, Alexander C. / Great Lakes Historical Society, 1988
Canvas and Steam on Quinte Waters / Metcalfe, Willis / PrinceEdwardCounty Historical Society, 1968
Diary of Captain Soren Kristiansen, Lake Michigan Schooner Captain / Mid-Peninsula Library Cooperative, 1981
Our InlandSeas / Mills, James C. / A. C. McClurg, 1910
Lake Superior / Nute, Grace Lee / University of Minnesota Press, 2000 / Re-issue of 1944 American LakesSeries classic
Guardians of the EighthSea: History of the U. S. Coast Guard on the Great Lakes / O’Brien, T. Michael / U. S. Coast Guard, Ninth District, 1978
Ghost Ships, Gales and Forgotten Tales: True Adventures of the Great Lakes / Oleszewski, Wes / Avery Color Studios, 1995
Triumphs and Tragedies of Great LakesShips / Oleszewski, Wes / Avery Color Studios, 1991
Soo—Scenes in and about Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in 1887 / Osborn, Chase / Black Letter Press, 1983
Technology in Transition: The “Soo” Ship Canal, 1889-1985 / Passfiel / International Specialized Book Service, 1989
Here Was Vinland: the Great Lakes Region of America / Penny, Charles W. / Marquette Co. Historical Society, John M. Longyear Research Library / Account of Penny’s trip along Lake Superior south shore, accompanying state geologist Douglass Houghton in 1840
Indian Life in the Upper Great Lakes 11,000 BC to AD 1800 / Quimby, George I. / Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1960
Building of Perry’s Fleet on Lake Erie 1812-1813, The / Rosenfeld, Max / Pennsylvania Historical & Museums Commission, 1974
True Description of the Lake Superior Country, A / St. John, John R. / New York, William H. Graham, 1846
Hiawatha Legends, The / Schoolcraft, Henry R.
Narrative Journals of Travels from Detroit Northwest through the Great Chain of AmericanLakes to the Sources of the Mississippi River in the Year 1820 / Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
Schooners, Skiffs and Steamships / Sivertson, Howard / Lake Superior Port Cities, Inc. 2001 / Paintings and stories, Lake Superior
Signal Victory, A: the Lake Erie Campaign 1812-1813 / Skaggs, David Curtis et. al. / Naval Institute Press, 2000
Steamboats on the Great Lakes: Two Centuries of Steamboat Travel Through Ontario’s Waterways / Smith, Maurice D. / James Lorimer & Co., 2005 / Starting with the Frontenac in 1816
Tales from the Great Lakes: Charles Jeremy Snider’s “Schooner Days” / Snider, C. H. J., Townsend, Robert B. (editor) / Toronto, Dundurn Press, 1995
Tarry Breeks & Velvet Garters: Sail on the Great Lakes of America, in War, Discovery, and the Fur Trade, under the Fleur-de-Lys / Snider, C. H. J. / Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1958
Trip on the Great Lakes; description of a trip, summer, 1912, by a skiff traveler, who loves “outdoors” / Spears, Raymond Smiley / 1913
Great Lakes Steam Vessels / Stanton, Samuel Ward / Meriden, Conn., Meriden Gravure Co, 1962 / Excellent ink drawings by a giant among nautical historians
Keepers and Cutters / Stonehouse, Frederick / Avery Color Studios, 2000
Women and the Lakes / Stonehouse, Frederick / Avery Color Studios, 2001 / Subtitled "Untold Great Lakes Maritime Tales"
Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History / Tanner, Helen Hornbeck (editor) / University of Oklahoma Press, 1987
Queen of the Lakes / Thompson, Mark L. / Detroit: WayneStateUniversity Press, 1991 / Vignettes of all vessels once honored with “Queen” status
Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes / Thompson, Mark L. / WayneStateUniversity Press, 1991
Ancient Mariner Recollects, An / Thompson, Capt. Merwin Stone / Typoprint Inc., Oxford, Ohio (undated) / Autobiography of Great Lakes seafarer who started as a deckhand in 1893, took first command at age 25
Summer Holiday, A: a brief description of some of the most popular summer resorts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota and the routes by which they can be reached / Unknown author / Rand McNally & Co., 1884
Great LakesShips We Remember / Marine Historical Society of Detroit / Freshwater Press, Cleveland, Ohio / Revised Vol. I, 424 pages, 675 photos
Great LakesShips We Remember II / Marine Historical Society of Detroit / Freshwater Press, Cleveland, Ohio / 446 pages, 500+ photos
Great LakesShips We Remember III / Marine Historical Society of Detroit / Freshwater Press, Cleveland, Ohio / 432 pages, 500+ photos
Sharing Distant Shores: 1934-1984 / Van Mell, Richard (editor) / Great Lakes Cruising Club, Port Huron, Mich., 1984 / 50 year history of Great Lakes Cruising Club
People Named the Chippewa, The: Narrative Histories / Vizenor, Gerald / Minneapolis, Minn., University of Minnesota Press, 1984
We Explore the Great Lakes / Waldron, W. / New York, 1923
History of the Ojibway People / Warren, William R. / St. Paul, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1984
Freighters of Manitowoc: The Story of Great Lakes Freighters Built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin / Wenstadt, Tom / AuthorHouse, 2007 / A detailed registry with photos
Charting the InlandSeas: A History of the U. S.LakeSurvey / Woodford, Arthur M. / U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, 1991
Ninety-five Years Young: The Story of the S. S. Keewatin, 1907 to the Present / Zimmerman, Bob & Cindy / See
McDougall’s Great Lakes Whalebacks / Zoss, Neel R. / Arcadia Publishing, 2007 / Many photos, some rare
CRUISING
Cruising Guide to the Great Lakes and Their Connecting Waterways / Brazer, Marjorie Cahn / Chicago, Contemporary Books, Inc., 1985
Sweet Water Sea, The: A Guide to Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay / Brazer, Marjorie Cahn / Charlevoix, Mich., PeachMountain Press, 1984
Superior Way—The Cruising Guide to Lake Superior / Dahl, Bonnie / Lake Superior Port Cities, Inc., 2008 (4th edition) / Definitive guide to harbors; maps, GPS coordinates
Cruising Guide to Lake Erie / Davis, F. L. / Cruising Guides, Orchard Park, N.Y., 1989
All the Way by Water / Dean, Sidney W. / N. Y., Funk, Inc., 1954 / Mostly Lake Champlain & St. Lawrence to LakeOntario
United StatesCoast Pilot #6: Great Lakes / Department of Commerce, NOAA, NOS / Washington, DC, Department of Defense, 1979
Port Pilot and Log Book / Dwelle, Ron (editor) / Chicago, Ill., Great Lakes Cruising Club / Three loose-leaf binders describing Great Lakes harbors; charts and photos; updated annually; also available on CD ROM
Summer Studies / Dwelle, Ron / Xlibris Press, 2001 / “Retro-Cruise” with a GLCC sailor/wordsmith
By Waterway to Gotham: An account of a two thousand mile voyage by skiff and outboard motor from Milwaukee to New York, through the Great Lakes, Trent Canal, St. Lawrence, Richelieu, Champlain, and Hudson / Freeman, Lewis R. / New York, Dodd Mead & Co., 1926 / An interesting old account
Well-Favored Passage / Haughwout, Pixie & Folsom, Ralph / Sea Fever Gear Publications, 2002 / Expanded, updated version of Marjorie Cahn Brazer's 1975 classic guide to the North Channel
Handy Harbor Guide: The Bays and Waterways of the Great Lakes / Jenvey, Bruce / 1998
Sailing the InlandSeas: Further Adventures of Two Sunset Sailors / Keller, Paul / Portland, Ore., Portside Publishing, 1994 / A counterclockwise circumnavigation of the circle, from Florida, north, through the Lakes, and back south through the Tenn-Tom
Lake Erie Cruise Guide / Lakeland Boating / O’Meara-Brown Publications / Ports O’ Call Series, frequently updated
Lake Huron, Georgian Bay & North Channel Cruise Guide / Lakeland Boating / O’Meara-Brown Publications / Ports O’ Call Series, frequently updated

Lake Michigan Cruise Guide

/ Lakeland Boating / O’Meara-Brown Publications / Ports O’ Call Series, frequently updated

LakeOntario Cruise Guide

/ Lakeland Boating / O’Meara-Brown Publications / Ports O’ Call Series, frequently updated

Lake Superior Cruise Guide

/ Lakeland Boating / O’Meara-Brown Publications / Ports O’ Call Series, frequently updated

Georgian Bay and the North ChannelPorts: The Cruising Guides

/ Manley, Steve (editor)
Cruising Guide to the Northeast’s Inland Waterways, A / Marian, Thomas W. & Rumsey, W. J. / International Marine, 1995 / Hudson River, N.Y.Canals, LakeOntario, St. Lawrence Seaway