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Great Lakes And Maritime HistoryEight SteamboatsSailing through the SixtiesPatrick LivingstonForeword by Neal Shine2005 Michigan Notable Book!As selected by the Library of Michigan“Patrick Livingston’s Eight Steamboats is a voyage of self-discovery and acoming-of-age. The fights, the nights on the town, the union halls, and thehard labor expected of Great Lakes sailors is meticulously and sometimeshilariously recounted.”—Timothy J. Runyan, director of the Maritime Studies Program at EastCarolina UniversityEight Steamboats chronicles Patrick Livingston’s adventures on eight shipping vessels—only one of whichsurvives—during the 1960s. Told from the perspective of a writer who sails rather than a sailor whowrites, the tales are spiced with connections between shore and sea. While the city of Detroit burnedin 1967, Livingston served milkshakes to passengers on the South American of the Georgian Bay Lines.Later, Livingston sailed with the notorious George “Bughouse” Schultz on the ill-starred tanker Mercury.When financial need forced him to forgo a trip to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, hesailed Lake Michigan instead. In subsequent years, he dropped out of school to catch the mailboat tohis ships as they transited the Detroit River. With lively dialogue, Livingston details his experiences up tohis signing off the Champlain in 1972 and then setting sail for landlocked Nepal to work with the PeaceCorps. Both maritime and Great Lakes enthusiasts will enjoy this voyage back to the early years of theGreat Lakes shipping industry.2004 / 6 x 9 / 328 pp / 51 illus / ISBN 978-0-8143-3175-0, $31.95s paperGreat Lakes Books SeriesIron FleetThe Great Lakes inWorld War IIGeorge J. JoachimFocuses on the vital role played by theGreat Lakes shipping industry duringWorld War II. Joachim examines howthe industry met the unprecedenteddemand for the shipment of raw materialsto meet production quotas, whenfailure to do so would have had disastrousconsequences for the nation’sdefense effort. Steel production wascrucial to the American war effort, andthe bulk shippers of the lakes suppliedvirtually all of the iron ore necessary toproduce the steel.1994 / 6 x 9 / 160 pp / 26 illusISBN 978-0-8143-2479-0$27.95l clothGreat Lakes Books SeriesThe Northern LightsLighthouses of the UpperGreat LakesCharles K. HydeA definitive guide to the lighthousesof the Great Lakes, describing thehistories of more than 160 lighthousesthat still exist in lakes Erie, Huron,Michigan, and Superior and in thestraits of Mackinac.1995 / 8.5 x 11 / 208 pp / 283 illusISBN 978-0-8143-2554-4$37.95l clothGreat Lakes Books SeriesFreshwater FuryYarns and Reminiscences ofthe Greatest Storm in InlandNavigationFrank BarcusForeword by Rachelle Barcus WarrenPresents vivid eyewitness accounts ofthe worst disaster in Great Lakes History,the Great Storm of November1913. Twelve ships disappeared withtheir entire crews, leaving nothingbehind to tell of their last battle withwind and sea. Eight vessels went downin Lake Huron alone. In all, 251 menwere lost.1986 / 6 x 9 / 186 pp / 20 illusISBN 978-0-8143-1828-7$19.95l paperGreat Lakes Books SeriesLife on theGreat LakesA Wheelsman’s StoryFred W. DuttonEdited by William Donohue EllisTells of the time before the gyrowhen ships were steered by magneticcompass and men had to estimatethe degree of error in navigationalcalculations.1991 / 6 x 9 / 176 pp / 37 illusISBN 978-0-8143-2261-1$22.95l paperGreat Lakes Books Series16Wayne State University Press regional Books