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apostle islands water trips * $26.95
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By John Frank - An excellent guidebook with paddling, boating and camping information for one mainland site and 21 islands in the Apostle Islands archipelago. Includes each island's location, geography, history, shoreline and small watercraft landing sites; its camping and hiking facilities, and its possible integration into a multi-island boat trip. A map showing the shoreline features, landing sites, and other important information for kayakers and boaters is included and each chapter also features a vignette or essay based on the author's paddling and camping experiences on each island over a twenty-two year period. 183 paged, full color photos & maps
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the lighthouse on devils island * $15.95
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By Jim Merkel - (fiction) One miserable spring night, a tired, bitter, despairing old lighthouse keeper prepares to jump off the top of Lake Superior's Devils Island Lighthouse. It seems the end for Owen McClatchy, but it's the beginning, during a wondrous summer of 1928. New first assistant keeper Sam Brown, his wife and two kids arrive from St. Louis and by summer's end, the Browns help McClatchy realize he hasn't wasted his life on a lighthouse! Based on the real Devils Island Lighthouse in Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands, The Lighthouse on Devils Island is full of carefully-researched details about the drudgery, loneliness, beauty and heroism of a time and place when everything depended on keeping the light burning. 302 pages
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Apostle Islands: From Land and Sea (Souvenir Edition) * $8.95
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By Craig Blacklock - Wisconsin's Apostle Islands are a haven for boaters and tourists and this photo book will appeal to them. Blacklock's ability as a photographer and kayaker sets this book far apart from any others. He has the skills to create images others would find impossible. Sea caves, lighthouses, scenic shoreline & so much more! hardcover, 48 pages of full color exceptional photography
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DISCOVERING THE APOSTLE ISLANDS * $19.95
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By Lawrence Newman - This book is a handy guide for visitors coming to this beautiful area of Wisconsin. It reveals recreational opportunities, history and facts about the islands, lighthouse information and photos, beach locations, how to get to the islands, and recommended places to visit in Bayfield and the surrounding communities. 143 pages, full color photography.
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The Old Rittenhouse Inn Cookbook * $24.95
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By Mark Phillips - Overlooking the quaint town of Bayfield stands Old Rittenhouse Inn, Wisconsin's first B&B. Within its elegant Victorian ambience, the Inn's Landmark Restaurant serves innovative gourmet meals and signature cocktails, including its famous annual Wassail Dinners. American and French cuisines with a lakeside twist are the backbone of the seasonally changing menu. This cookbook shares favorite recipes and kitchen secrets alongside stories of the beloved mansion, its owner family and its visitors for over four decades. 214 pages, full color photography
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Great Lakes Lighthouses: American and Canadian * $17.95
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By Wes Oleszewski - The only all Great Lakes lighthouse guide! This book is a valuable reference while traveling the Great Lakes Region. It features over 300 lighthouses on both the American and Canadian side of the lakes. The lighthouses are indexed by lake, making a trip to an area easy to plan and execute. Each lighthouse has a photo (if available), brief description, access availability and directions. With the access availability to each lighthouse, (boat, car, private or public), planning your lighthouse trip will be a breeze. Every listing includes a checkoff box to mark off each lighthouse you have visited. 217 pages, black & white photos & maps
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HAUNTED LAKES * $14.95
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By Frederick Stonehouse - This BEST SELLER has delighted and sent chills up the spines of thousands of readers! Haunted Lakes tells of possessed lighthouses and tragedies that have kept troubled souls walking the corridors and beaches, ghostly captains signaling their home port from vessels long gone and Sea Monsters that appear before the most trusted sailors of the Great Lakes. 204 pages, historic photos.
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HAUNTED LAKES II * $14.95
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By Frederick Stonehouse - Spirits, sea serpents and superstitions! One book simply couldn’t carry all of the hauntings of the Great Lakes - so now comes Haunted Lakes II, sequel to the popular Haunted Lakes. Enjoy mystifying tales of ghosts on boats, under water and in lighthouses, of underwater creatures and shipboard superstitions in an entertaining collection gathered from true believers. 200 pages, historic photos.
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