Lake Erie

Lake Erie
Author: Ann Armbruster
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780613390392

Discusses the history, nautical stories, and industrial and social significance of Lake Erie. True Books.

A Signal Victory

A Signal Victory
Author: David C Skaggs
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2012-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612512267

The Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 is considered by many to be the most important naval confrontation of the War of 1812. Made famous by the American fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry's comment, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," the battle marked the U.S. Navy's first successful fleet action and was one of the rare occasions when the Royal Navy surrendered an entire squadron. This book draws on British, Canadian, and American documents to offer a totally impartial analysis of all sides of the struggle to control the lake. New diagrams of the battle are included that reflect the authors' modification of traditional positions of various vessels. The book also evaluates the strategic background and tactical conduct of the British and the Americans and the command leadership exercised by Perry and his British opponent, Commander Robert H. Barclay. Not since James Fenimore Cooper's 1843 book on the subject has the battle been examined in such detail, and not since Alfred Thayer Mahan's 1905 study of the war has there been such a significant reinterpretation of the engagement. First published in hardcover in 1997, the book is the winner of the North American Society for Oceanic History's John Lyman Book Award.

Rebels on Lake Erie

Rebels on Lake Erie
Author: Charles E. Frohman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1965
Genre: History
ISBN:

The Battle of Lake Erie

The Battle of Lake Erie
Author: Pierre Berton
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Limited
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1994
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780771014246

Provides an account of the Battle of Lake Erie, the only battle to be fought on a Canadian lake, and one that turned the War of 1812 in the United States' favor.

Lake Erie Fishermen

Lake Erie Fishermen
Author: Timothy Charles Lloyd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1990
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

The authors have crafted here a picture of a small, perhaps dying, occupation. Theirs is a book for all who care about the nature and quality of occupational life, whether as participants or scholars.

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Author: Dan Egan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2017-03-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0393246442

New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award "Nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative.… Egan’s book is bursting with life (and yes, death)." —Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review The Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior—hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work, and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.

Sharks in Lake Erie

Sharks in Lake Erie
Author: H John Hildebrandt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2021-06-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736899908

"Mr. Visidi, you realize there is no credible account of a shark attack in the roughly 4,000 year-life of Lake Erie. There are no sharks in Lake Erie," pronounces Officer James Mylett of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Frankie Visidi has a slightly different point of view-that afternoon, his beloved black lab, Priscilla, was killed by a huge bull shark while they were swimming off his boat, anchored on Kelleys Island Shoal. Director of the Museum of Lake Erie in Sandusky, Ohio, and Master Gardener, Susan Massimino has been called in by her police chief cousin to help identify the flowers present at the murder scene of William Krupp, a prominent local farmer. Could the sudden presence of bull sharks (equally at home in fresh water or salt water) and the murder of Krupp be related? Author John Hildebrandt knows his beloved Lake Erie. His descriptions and reflections of life in what's known as the "western basin," ring true. In a 40 year-long career with Cedar Point, retiring as general manager, he saw the lake every day. He knows the history, the plant and animal life, the weather, and especially the people who choose to live here. At the center of the story is Paul Gutten, aka Z, a German-Swiss businessman who also directs an Eco-terrorist organization secretly funded by stolen Nazi gold, now hidden in a cave in Bavaria. Z is fascinated by sharks and believes their sudden presence in western Lake Erie will focus attention on Lake Erie and its many environmental problems. He secretly arranges for six adult bull sharks to be introduced to Lake Erie. The sharks, of course, will be sharks and they leave a trail of blood and death in and around the Lake Erie Islands. The standard refrain: "There are no sharks in Lake Erie" is stood on its head when several bull sharks attack a group of kayakers in plain view of tourists aboard the Jet Express ferry. The news goes world-wide. Z and Susan move quickly toward romance until Susan discovers evidence that Z may well be the killer of William Krupp? This story is constant action, moving from lake to farm and from Bavaria to Ohio. The characters are vivid and compelling. Sharks in Lake Erie is part thriller, part police procedural, part introduction to life on Lake Erie. In the end, the sharks call the shots.

Birds of the Lake Erie Region

Birds of the Lake Erie Region
Author: Carolyn V. Platt
Publisher: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2001-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0873386906

"Expert or novice, birders and nature lovers will be moved by Platt's celebration of these birds and their habitat and by Meszaros's impressive photographs of the delicate beauty of these exquisite creatures."--BOOK JACKET.