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Great Ships on the Great Lakes : A Maritime History by Cathy M . Green, Jefferson J. Gray, Bobbie Malone is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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In this highly accessible history of ships and shipping on the Great Lakes, upper elementary readers are taken on a rip-roaring journey through the waterways of the upper Midwest. Great Ships on the Great Lakes explores the history of the region's rivers, lakes, and inland seas—and the people and ships who navigated them. Read along as the first peoples paddle tributaries in birch bark canoes. Follow as European voyageurs pilot rivers and lakes to get beaver pelts back to the eastern market. Watch as settlers build towns and eventually cities on the shores of the Great Lakes. Listen to the stories of sailors, lighthouse keepers, and shipping agents whose livelihoods depended on the dangerous waters of Lake Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Give an ear to their stories of unexpected tragedy and miraculous rescue, and heed their tales of risk and reward on the low seas. Great Ships also tells the story of sea battles and gunships, of the first vessels to travel beyond the Niagara, and of the treacherous storms and cold weather that caused thousands of ships to sink in the Great Lakes. Watch as underwater archaeologists solve the mysteries of Great Lakes shipwrecks today.

Who reads Great Ships on the Great Lakes : A Maritime History?

Author

Cathy M . Green, Jefferson J. Gray, Bobbie Malone

Publisher

Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780870205828

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Business, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.8 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14