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| #3628013 in Books | Stanford University Press | 2002-08-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 11.00 x1.10 x8.50l,3.17 | File type: PDF | 364 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Nostalgia and history on Lake Michigan|By M. V. Ralph|I was a bit aprehensive avout ordering this book even at a discounted price... I needent have worried. It proved to be a masterful work of pure nostalgia and maritime history on Lake Michigan. The history of the many steamship lines that serviced the area is done in depth. Many interesting photos of these old classic vessels||"...the author has achieved his intention "to provide antiquarian scholarship on the ships." He is to be congratulated on producing one of the most scholarly and useful books published on this aspect of Great Lakes shipping history." (Steamboat Bill)
This is the richly illustrated, definitive account of the rise, fall, and extinction of steam passenger transportation on Lake Michigan. Originating in the 1840s with the ships that brought fruit from the Michigan fruit belt to the produce markets of Chicago and Milwaukee, the industry soon expanded in response to the demands of the public for excursions from the two cities. The steamers provided a wide variety of passenger services, ranging from 38-mile excursions betwe...
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