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  • CENTRAL: Local History
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Voices across the lakes : Great Lakes stories and songs

Call Number

  • H FICTION PINS (CEN)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

[West Bloomfield], Michigan : Pine Lake Press, [2013]

Physical Description

48 pages : color illustrations, music ; 29 cm

Summary

"Meet Beth and learn why she is concerned for her father's safety in a 1900s logging camp. Follow Tony as he imagines himself a fur trader, a crewman, a soldier. Learn a 1930s Ford V-8 commercial. What is weevily wheat? Would you make a good chanteyman? Practice your math facts with the girls in an 1880s recess game. Why do we still remember the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald? These, and several other stories and songs, will reveal the courage and greatness of our past. In Voices across the lakes: Great Lakes stories and songs, teacher, musician, and author Anita Pinson weavers together original stories and authentic songs to highlight some of the moments that helped shape the heartland of our country"--Page 4 of cover.

Added Authors

Emmeline Hall

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