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- catalog abstract "The author provides an account of his experiences as a crew member on a tall-masted schooner during a six-week voyage through the Great Lakes, and discusses his other explorations of the lakes, looking at their history, geology, and environmental disaster and rescue.".
- catalog contributor b12802646.
- catalog coverage "Great Lakes (North America) Environmental conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Great Lakes (North America) History.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-286) and index.".
- catalog description "Lake Erie (Downwind on Erie -- The beachcomber of Long Point -- The Welland Canal and the invasion of the Sea Lamprey -- Salmon come to the Lakes) -- Lake Michigan (Lake squall, 1967) -- Lake Ontario (A liberty ship in Welland -- On to Ontario -- High water in Oswego -- A tour of a lake carrier -- Oil spills and gas fires -- Stepping the masts) -- Erie Canal/Hudson River (The Erie Canal and the American dream -- We run aground again -- Raising the sticks in Albany -- Down the Hudson at night -- A Manhattan morning -- Hell gate to the Sound) -- The Atlantic (Long Island Sound -- New crew in New Haven -- A storm on the Sound -- On to Maine) -- Lake Michigan (Home again -- Taking issue -- Reflections on the future of the Great Lakes -- Swimming the wreck).".
- catalog description "Lake Michigan (Size matters -- A child's view of Lake Michigan -- What Tocqueville missed -- The beach at Good Harbor -- A view of Superior) -- Lake Michigan (A meeting on the Malabar -- The history of a concrete boat -- A providential Seiche -- We begin our voyage) -- Lake Michigan (Ancient oceans -- How the lakes were formed -- First people -- Hemingway country -- The King of Beaver Island -- We reach the top of the horseshoe) -- Lake Michigan (The Chicago Lakefront -- Racing to Mackinac -- Dunes and sand mining -- Across the finish line) -- The Straits of Mackinac (Mighty Mac -- The crossroads of the Lakes -- Wind and ice -- A brief history of the Straits).".
- catalog description "Lake Superior (Remembering Superior -- Canoeing along the North Shore -- A brief history of the Voyageurs -- Is the water for sale? -- Stormbound -- Lessons in bushwhacking -- A Requiem) -- Lake Superior (The gales of November -- The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald -- A survivor's story) -- Lake Huron (Down Huron-- We raise sail for the first time -- Matt and his knots -- Blue domers -- Georgian Bay and rumors of wilderness -- Timber and fire -- An Orangutan in Sumatra) -- St. Claire River/Detroit River (Low water in the Lakes -- To the St. Clair -- Freighters and lake carriers -- Run aground -- La Salle and the Griffin -- We dock in Detroit) -- Detroit River/Lake Erie (Downriver Detroit -- On to Erie -- A visit to Walleye World -- Invasion of the Zebra Mussels and other environmental matters -- A little storm on Skeerie-Erie).".
- catalog description "The author provides an account of his experiences as a crew member on a tall-masted schooner during a six-week voyage through the Great Lakes, and discusses his other explorations of the lakes, looking at their history, geology, and environmental disaster and rescue.".
- catalog extent "viii, 296 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0312251939".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Thomas Dunne Books,".
- catalog spatial "Great Lakes (North America) Environmental conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Great Lakes (North America) History.".
- catalog spatial "Great Lakes (North America)".
- catalog spatial "Great Lakes.".
- catalog subject "977 21".
- catalog subject "Dennis, Jerry Travel Great Lakes Region (North America)".
- catalog subject "Dennis, Jerry, 1954- Travel Great Lakes Region.".
- catalog subject "F551 .D39 2003".
- catalog subject "Natural history Great Lakes (North America)".
- catalog subject "Natural history Great Lakes.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Lake Erie (Downwind on Erie -- The beachcomber of Long Point -- The Welland Canal and the invasion of the Sea Lamprey -- Salmon come to the Lakes) -- Lake Michigan (Lake squall, 1967) -- Lake Ontario (A liberty ship in Welland -- On to Ontario -- High water in Oswego -- A tour of a lake carrier -- Oil spills and gas fires -- Stepping the masts) -- Erie Canal/Hudson River (The Erie Canal and the American dream -- We run aground again -- Raising the sticks in Albany -- Down the Hudson at night -- A Manhattan morning -- Hell gate to the Sound) -- The Atlantic (Long Island Sound -- New crew in New Haven -- A storm on the Sound -- On to Maine) -- Lake Michigan (Home again -- Taking issue -- Reflections on the future of the Great Lakes -- Swimming the wreck).".
- catalog tableOfContents "Lake Michigan (Size matters -- A child's view of Lake Michigan -- What Tocqueville missed -- The beach at Good Harbor -- A view of Superior) -- Lake Michigan (A meeting on the Malabar -- The history of a concrete boat -- A providential Seiche -- We begin our voyage) -- Lake Michigan (Ancient oceans -- How the lakes were formed -- First people -- Hemingway country -- The King of Beaver Island -- We reach the top of the horseshoe) -- Lake Michigan (The Chicago Lakefront -- Racing to Mackinac -- Dunes and sand mining -- Across the finish line) -- The Straits of Mackinac (Mighty Mac -- The crossroads of the Lakes -- Wind and ice -- A brief history of the Straits).".
- catalog tableOfContents "Lake Superior (Remembering Superior -- Canoeing along the North Shore -- A brief history of the Voyageurs -- Is the water for sale? -- Stormbound -- Lessons in bushwhacking -- A Requiem) -- Lake Superior (The gales of November -- The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald -- A survivor's story) -- Lake Huron (Down Huron-- We raise sail for the first time -- Matt and his knots -- Blue domers -- Georgian Bay and rumors of wilderness -- Timber and fire -- An Orangutan in Sumatra) -- St. Claire River/Detroit River (Low water in the Lakes -- To the St. Clair -- Freighters and lake carriers -- Run aground -- La Salle and the Griffin -- We dock in Detroit) -- Detroit River/Lake Erie (Downriver Detroit -- On to Erie -- A visit to Walleye World -- Invasion of the Zebra Mussels and other environmental matters -- A little storm on Skeerie-Erie).".
- catalog title "The living Great Lakes : searching for the heart of the inland seas / Jerry Dennis.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".