including national parks, monuments, historic sites, and other park areas

Browse below for books on National Park System areas in Michigan,
or click for: Isle Royale National Park

101 WILDFLOWERS OF ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK. by Robert A. Janke.
Describes and identifies common wildflowers. Discusses plant anatomy and terms and plant names. Organizes wildflower descriptions and illustrations by color and gives flowering timetable indicating months when the species bloom. Drawings, 84 pages, index.
ISBN: None. 1962. Order #: ISRO2227paper $4.95.

 

 

ABOVE AND BELOW: a history of lighthouses and shipwrecks of Isle Royale. by Thom Holden.
5 lights and 10 major shipwrecks--with details on each disaster--that mark Isle Royale as the graveyard of Great Lakes--events from the 1840s. 45 historical photos, 66 pages.
ISBN:0-935289-00-3. 1985. Order #: ISRO6384 paper $7.95.

 

COMMERCIAL FISHING ON ISLE ROYALE: 1800-1967. by Lawrence Rakestraw.
Fishing industry and its methods of netting, use of both sail and gasoline boats on Isle Royale (now a national park in Michigan) in Lake Superior during 1800-1967.Drawings, maps, historical photos, 24 pages.
ISBN: None. 1968. Order #: ISRO2232 paper $3.95.

 

 

#ELFIN WORLD OF MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS OF MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA AND ISLE ROYALE. Glime. Covers over 100 species. 175 color photos, 154 pages.
ISBN: 0-935289-04-6. Order #: ISRO8888 paper$15.95.

 

FISHES OF ISLE ROYALE. by K. F. Lagler & C.R. Goldman.
Types of fish and how to identify, origin and biology including relevance to last glacial period, habitats including Lake Superior and island waters; how to catch. Index of lakes with species present and lake depths and sizes. Descriptions and drawings are provided for many species with a chart of characteristics to help tell the species apart. Diagrams identify parts of fish. Map, Illustrated, 63 pages.
ISBN: None. 1982. Order #: ISRO2225 paper $4.95.

 

WILDLIFE OF ISLE ROYALE. by Robert G. Johnsson & Philip C. Shelton.
Checklist of all vertebrate animals known at Isle Royale including their current status: mammals, birds, fishes, amphibians, reptiles. Keys to identification are provided and many species are described in detail, with frequency status of birds. Illustrated, 48 pages.
ISBN: None. 1982. Order #: ISRO2226 paper $4.95.

 

 

List of National Parks in Michigan:
Isle Royale National Park
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Motor Cities National Heritage Area
North Country National Scenic Trail
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

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THE LIGHT-HOUSES OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1874. by Charles Nordhoff & Gustav Kobbe.
Showing lighthouses and keepers on all U.S. coasts--Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf, and Great Lakes, with three extra articles by Gustav Kobbe: "Life in a Lighthouse", and if that isn't lonely enough there comes "Life on the South Shoals Lightship". Last is "Heroism in the Lighthouse Service".
Here are four articles on that romantic historic aspect of the maritime industry--the lighthouse. The first is a history and survey of lighthouses to 1874, giving a look at the federal service that operated them and how the lighthouses were run as well as their importance to shipping when when a light was main--sometimes the only--navigational aid. Then there are insights into keepers' lives in one of the most exposed lighthouses ever built (Minot's Ledge outside Boston Harbor). Portrayed, too is the role played by offshore lights on anchored ships. And recalled, too, are dramas and devotion to fellow man and duty that must never be forgotten. First published at the pre-1900 time when lighthouses held greatest importance: Lighthouses remain intriguing for their function and dramatic vertical architecture, and are now historic, recalling dramas of the past. Many of the lighthouses described are in national and state park areas and are maintained as historic sites, with museums and visitor centers open to the public. In many you can still climb to the top for a view keepers once saw. A visit to one of these  is all the more meaningful with the insights gained from this collection of articles. 75 period engravings. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-086-X. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-086-7. Order #: VIST0086 paper $6.95.

SIGNALS OF THE SEA and HEROES OF THE SURF. by Arthur Hewitt and John R. Spears.
The epic story of America's light-houses and life-savers, written at their heyday. Two of the most romantic traditions of the sea are here combined to form the content of this book--light-houses and life-savers. Stories of the work of the keepers and savers span the range from daytime monotony, and even loneliness, between storms, to the thrill of daring sea rescues. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-088-6. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-088-1. Order #: VIST0088 paper $4.95.




THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE--1880: predecessor to today's Coast Guard. by J. H. Merryman.
Story of chain of life-saving stations that once lined all U.S. coasts--Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes, Pacific--with rescue dramas, apparatus and technique used by heroic federal surfmen. The U.S. Life-saving Service was at its heyday when this material was written in 1880. Shipping was a busy industry among the seaport cities, yet navigation was often unsure, and storms poorly predicted. Wrecks were all too common; ships in peril were even run toward shore to founder them where they would be closer to possible rescue. A chain of life-saving stations on all four U.S. coasts was therefore established to save lives. Accounts of heroism at these lonely outposts remain amazing--and chilling. Our author was chief inspector of the board examining these station's crews. He tells of the organization of the Service, the desperate need for the life saving function, of rescues, and of rescue methods and apparatus. Today many of these stations are maintained as historic reminders of past deeds, and several are in parks and/or include museums. Some provide demonstrations of how rescues were made in the surf and by lifeboats. Read this book and visit one or several of the stations on any coast for an appreciation of the life-saving service heritage. 79 period illustrations. 64 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-071-1. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-071-3. Order #: VIST0071 paper$6.95.

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