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Lake Superior Grace Lee Nute |
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The captivating history of the world's largest freshwater lake. This classic history of Lake Superior, from the earliest explorations to the explosion of industry on its shores, takes the reader on a tour from Duluth to Isle Royale, from Thunder Bay to Sault Ste. Marie, from Pictured Rocks to the Apostle Islands. Grace Lee Nute tells the fascinating stories of the Native Americans, voyageurs, missionaries, and others who created the way of life that many generations have known on the edge of this magnificent body of water. “Originally published in 1944, Grace Lee Nute’s Lake Superior was out of print and had become a rare volume, although it remains a valuable, almost unassailable history of the greatest of the Great Lakes. Detailing the lake’s history from the arrival of Etienne Brule and Grenoble prior to 1623, Nute follows nearly 325 years of commerce, community development, civic activity and other events, with most of her notations ending in the third decade of the 20th century.” —Lake Superior Magazine "Nute weaves the fact and fable of this body of water into a readable and intelligent book." —New Yorker "Historical material, geological background, descriptions of the scenic beauty, information on the fishing industries, and sidelights on the people who have come to the Lake Superior country are well blended into a smooth reading narrative." —Booklist "Here are tales of the captains of the lake boats, the growing commerce, the contributions from fishing, fur, mines, lumber businesses, the characters of the cities and their people, the trends of development. A vigorous, colorful panorama." —Kirkus Grace Lee Nute was the author of many popular regional books, including The Voyageur, Rainy River Country, and The Voyageur's Highway. 408 pages | 33 black-and-white photos, 2 line drawings | 5-7/8 x 9 | 2000 |
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$17.95 Paper