Updated and revised, "Sleeping Bear: Yesterday and Today" has everything you need to know about this spectacular national park in northwestern Michigan-practically from the formation of the planet to the present, with some ruminations about the future of the great dunes. Using over 250 illustrations and photographs, the author presents regional folklore, prehistory, and history of this beautiful area. The volume provides insight into the native peoples who inhabited the region before the Europeans, to the European explorers and the white settlements that followed. "Sleeping Bear: Yesterday and Today" is a fascinating account of the land of the dunes and the people who've lived there, wrapped in an often-gripping story. Originally published in 1990.
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An illustrated odyssey through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northwestern Michigan encompasses more than 250 photographs and illustrations that document the region's history, folklore, native peoples, and natural beauty.
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Seller: Peninsula Books, Traverse City, MI, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good+. This is a history of the Sleeping Bear Dunes area of Leelanau and Benzie Counties in northwest Michigan. It also covers the Manitou Islands which are now part of the National Lakeshore. There are many interesting vintage and modern photos as well as useful maps that accompany the text. George Weeks was a Leelanau County resident who authored several books on this region. Contains an index in the rear. There is a long previous owner gift inscription on the half title page, else this is a clean, tight and unmarked book. There is an old bookshop sticker on the lower edge of the rear wrapper, and the bottom edges of the wrappesr are lightly curled. ; Color & B&W Photos & Maps; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 173 pages. Seller Inventory # 21884
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
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