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Book

Wood boats of Leelanau : a photographic journal

Call Numbers

  • 977.4635 M6818 (CEN)
  • H 977.4635 M6818 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Leland, Mich. : Leelanau Historical Society, c2007.

Physical Description

xii, 177 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm.

Contents

  • The first wood boats
  • West by water
  • The Lady Elgin and the Globe
  • Manitou County
  • Braving the storm
  • The forest gives way
  • The O.M. Nelson
  • Commercial fishing
  • Coming of age
  • Rise of the resort era
  • Pleasure craft
  • Speed
  • Leelanau's boat builders
  • Raff's fishing camp
  • Crash and recovery
  • The last hurrah
  • Full circle.

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