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Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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The Great Lakes, Or, Inland Seas of America
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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The Great Lakes or Inland Seas of America
Author: J. DisturnellPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752565454
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.
The Great Lakes, Or Inland Seas of America, Etc
Author: John DISTURNELLThe Great Lakes, Or Inland Seas of America ...
Author: GRT LAKES OR INLAND SEAS OF AM
Author: John 1801-1877 DisturnellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781362773252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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The Great Lakes
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Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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The Great Lakes, Or Inland Seas of America;.
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Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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The Living Great Lakes
Author: Jerry DennisPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466882026
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Award-winning nature author Jerry Dennis reveals the splendor and beauty of North America’s Great Lakes in this “masterwork”* history and memoir of the essential environmental and economical region shared by the United States and Canada. No bodies of water compare to the Great Lakes. Superior is the largest lake on earth, and together all five contain a fifth of the world’s supply of standing fresh water. Their ten thousand miles of shoreline border eight states and a Canadian province and are longer than the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. Their surface area of 95,000 square miles is greater than New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island combined. People who have never visited them—who have never seen a squall roar across Superior or the horizon stretch unbroken across Michigan or Huron—have no idea how big they are. They are so vast that they dominate much of the geography, climate, and history of North America, affecting the lives of tens of millions of people. The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas is the definitive book about the history, nature, and science of these remarkable lakes at the heart of North America. From the geological forces that formed them and the industrial atrocities that nearly destroyed them, to the greatest environmental success stories of our time, Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are portrayed in all their complexity. A Michigan native, Jerry Dennis also shares his memories of a lifetime on or near the lakes, including a six-week voyage as a crewmember on a tallmasted schooner. On his travels, he collected more stories of the lakes through the eyes of biologists, fishermen, sailors, and others he befriended while hiking the area’s beaches and islands. Through storms and fog, on remote shores and city waterfronts, Dennis explores the five Great Lakes in all seasons and moods and discovers that they and their connecting waters—including the Erie Canal, the Hudson River, and the East Coast from New York to Maine—offer a surprising and bountiful view of America. The result is a meditation on nature and our place in the world, a discussion and cautionary tale about the future of water resources, and a celebration of a place that is both fragile and robust, diverse, rich in history and wildlife, often misunderstood, and worthy of our attention. “This is history at its best and adventure richly described.”—*Doug Stanton, author of In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors and 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award Winner Winner of Best Book of 2003 by the Outdoor Writers Association of America
The Great Lakes, Or Inland Seas of America (Classic Reprint)
Author: John DisturnellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781330457689
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Excerpt from The Great Lakes, or Inland Seas of America In presenting to the Public the present volume, entitled "The Great Lakes, or 'Inland Seas' of America," embracing the Magnitude of the Lakes - Commerce of the Lakes - Trip through the Lakes - Route from Lake Superior to Lake Winnipeg - Tables of Distances, etc., together with a Description of Niagara Falls and the St. Lawrence River, the Compiler wishes to return his sincere thanks for the liberal patronage and the many kind favors received from those who have doubly assisted him, by contributing reliable and useful information in regard to the many interesting localities in which the Great Valley of the Lakes and of the St. Lawrence abounds, affording altogether many new and interesting facts of great importance to the Tourist, who may wish to visit the Inland Seas of America for health or pleasure; the tour being one of the most healthy, picturesque, and wonderful - when viewed as a whole, from Lake Winnipeg to Lake Superior, and thence to the Gulf of St. Lawrence - on the face of the globe. In the arrangement and compilation of this work every attempt has been made to render the information it contains concise and truthful. The Magnitude and also the Commerce of the Lakes are themes of great interest, they now being whitened by a large fleet of sail-vessels, in addition to the swift steamers and propellers which plough the waters of these Great Lakes, transporting annually large numbers of passengers, and an immense amount of agricultural and mineral products, to and from the different ports. 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.
The Great Lakes
Author: John DisturnellPublisher:
ISBN: 9783743442689
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Great Lakes - Inland Seas of America is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1863. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.