Danger On The Great Lakes

Author : Carolyn Keene
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439113351
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Danger on the Great Lakes written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THERE'S MORE EXCITEMENT ON THIS CRUISE SHIP THAN NANCY BARGAINED FOR! Nancy, Bess, and George are going on a cruise around the Great Lakes for a fantastic end-of-summer vacation! As soon as the girls set foot on the ship, though, they smell something fishy. Their new friend Amber is upset because her boyfriend, Craig, is neglecting her. After a little investigating on her friend's behalf, Nancy learns that Craig is really a detective. He's been busy hunting for a mastermind diamond thief who may well be on the ship. And it turns out Craig can use some help. Soon Nancy's hunting for clues on land and offshore. Where there's stolen diamonds, though, there's danger -- and Nancy and her friends are soon caught in the thick of it. Will Nancy be able to crack this case before her ship is sunk?

Author : Dan Egan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393246442
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Death and Life of the Great Lakes written by Dan Egan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : William Ashworth
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814328378
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Lakes Journey written by William Ashworth and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-09 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed picture of the status of the Great Lakes at the end of the twentieth century.

Author : Dave Dempsey
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472116495
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Lakes for Sale written by Dave Dempsey and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the environmental benefits and issues of the Great Lakes through a look at the commercialization, recreation, and population of the businesses and people in its surrounding areas.

Author : Peter Annin
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 159726637X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Lakes Water Wars written by Peter Annin and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this unique resource.

Author : Michael Schumacher
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452940452
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book November's Fury written by Michael Schumacher and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Thursday, November 6, the Detroit News forecasted “moderate to brisk” winds for the Great Lakes. On Friday, the Port Huron Times-Herald predicted a “moderately severe” storm. Hourly the warnings became more and more dire. Weather forecasting was in its infancy, however, and radio communication was not much better; by the time it became clear that a freshwater hurricane of epic proportions was developing, the storm was well on its way to becoming the deadliest in Great Lakes maritime history. The ultimate story of man versus nature, November’s Fury recounts the dramatic events that unfolded over those four days in 1913, as captains eager—or at times forced—to finish the season tried to outrun the massive storm that sank, stranded, or demolished dozens of boats and claimed the lives of more than 250 sailors. This is an account of incredible seamanship under impossible conditions, of inexplicable blunders, heroic rescue efforts, and the sad aftermath of recovering bodies washed ashore and paying tribute to those lost at sea. It is a tragedy made all the more real by the voices of men—now long deceased—who sailed through and survived the storm, and by a remarkable array of photographs documenting the phenomenal damage this not-so-perfect storm wreaked. The consummate storyteller of Great Lakes lore, Michael Schumacher at long last brings this violent storm to terrifying life, from its first stirrings through its slow-mounting destructive fury to its profound aftereffects, many still felt to this day.

Author : Ray I. McGrath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Lakes Stories written by Ray I. McGrath and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Ratigan
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780802870100
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivals written by William Ratigan and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989-01-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this breathtaking chronicle of the most spectacular shipwrecks and survivals on the Great Lakes, William Ratigan re-creates vivid scenes of high courage and screaming panic from which no reader can turn away. Included in this striking catalog of catastrophes and Flying Dutchmen are the magnificent excursion liner Eastland, which capsized at her pier in the Chicago River, drowning 835 people within clutching distance of busy downtown streets; the shipwrecked steel freighter Mataafa, which dumped its crew into freezing waters while the snowbound town of Duluth looked on; the dark Sunday in November 1913 when Lake Huron swallowed eight long ships without a man surviving to tell the tale; and the bitter November of 1958 when the Bradley went down in Lake Michigan during one of the greatest killer storms on the freshwater seas. An entire section is dedicated to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald -- the most famous maritime loss in modern times -- in Lake Superior in 1975. Chilling watercolor illustrations, photographs, maps, and news clippings accentuate Ratigan's compelling and dramatic storytelling. Sailors, historians, and general readers alike will be swept away by these unforgettable tales of tragedy and heroism.

Author : Gerry Volgenau
Publisher : Ann Arbor Editions
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwreck Hunter written by Gerry Volgenau and published by Ann Arbor Editions. This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780960484
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Lakes Warships 1812–1815 written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When war broke out in 1812, neither the United States Navy nor the Royal Navy had more than a token force on the Great Lakes. However, once the shooting started, it sparked a ship-building arms race that continued throughout the war. This book examines the design and development of the warships built upon the lakes during the war, emphasising their differences from their salt-water contemporaries. It then goes onto cover their operational use as they were pitted against each other in a number of clashes on the lakes that often saw ships captured, re-crewed, and thrown back against their pervious owners. Released in 2012 to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the outbreak of the war, this is a timely look at a small, freshwater naval war.