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4to. 344 pp, 1. A View of the Heartland of America from Duluth to the Gaspe; 2. Geology of the Great Lakes; 3. The Early History from Cartier to Cadillac; 4. Ships of the Great Lakes; 5. Wind, Fire, Ice, Collision; 6. The Cities; Map of the Grteat Lakes Region; 7. Locks and Canals and the Men Who Made Them; 8. Lighthouses, Beacons, and Buoys; 9. Great Lakes Bridges and Their Builders; 10. The St. Lawrence Seaway; the Great Lakes timetable, bibliography, acknowledgments, index with 500 b&w illustrations. Assisted by Orin W. Kaye. Bonanza Books, 1998 ( J 1984). Gray quarter-cloth with charcoal paper-covered boards, and black l
4to. 344 pp, 1. A View of the Heartland of America from Duluth to the Gaspe; 2. Geology of the Great Lakes; 3. The Early History from Cartier to Cadillac; 4. Ships of the Great Lakes; 5. Wind, Fire, Ice, Collision; 6. The Cities; Map of the Grteat Lakes Region; 7. Locks and Canals and the Men Who Made Them; 8. Lighthouses, Beacons, and Buoys; 9. Great Lakes Bridges and Their Builders; 10. The St. Lawrence Seaway; the Great Lakes timetable, bibliography, acknowledgments, index with 500 b&w illustrations. Assisted by Orin W. Kaye. Bonanza Books, 1998 ( J 1984). Gray quarter-cloth with charcoal paper-covered boards, and black lettering to spine. "The range and depth of coverage is encyclopedic and there is a special 'Cities' section in which the cities are treated separately with pictures from the earliest days to the time of publication, and includes a stirring narrative and rare, beautiful, and prize pictures -- contemporary prints, engravings, documents, old maps, brilliant panoramic photographs -- showing this heartland as it was and how it became what it is." from the jacket flap.
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Manufacturer: Crown Publishing Group, 1998
Release date: 14 September 1984
ISBN-10 : 0517099616 |
ISBN-13: 9780517099612
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