North Manitou Island
Robert H. Ruchhoft Histories and trailguides for the hiker and backpacker for these eastern Lake Michigan Islands which are part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the Beaver Island Group 357 pages, 1991 Purchase
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Jack Hobey Edward Beebe’s historic postcard photography of Leland, Suttons Bay, and North Manitou Island from 1909 to 1915. 154 pages, 2016 Purchase
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G. C. Furst A memoir of early boyhood on North Manitou Island as part of a lightkeepers family in the early 1900s. 113 pages, 1992 From Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear Purchase Or order by phone: (231) 334-6103 or email: phsbpark@gmail.com From Amazon Purchase
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Susan Olsen Haswell and Prof. Arnold R. Alanen An agricultural and settlement history of Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Region. 181 pages, 1994 Purchase PDF
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Gene Warner An indefinitive history of the settlement of Northeast Lake Michigan 59 pages, 2007 Purchase
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Donna Winters Fifth in the Great Lakes Romances series, this book can be read as a stand alone historical fiction account of life on North Manitou. 277 pages, 1993 Purchase
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Kathy-jo Wargin Illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen A classic retelling of the Ojibwe legend that names the Sleeping Bear Dunes, with beautiful illustrations. 48 pages, 1998 Purchase
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Stacie Longwell Sadowski First Published in the Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear Fall 2020 Newsletter. This is the time of year when we would normally be celebrating progress on the Katie Shepard Hotel Project on North Manitou Island, sharing images and stories from what would have been our 12th consecutive year on the project. Past years…
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Stacie Longwell Sadowski, September 1, 2012 I have a rock collection. It is made up of the smooth beach rocks I have picked up over the years on the shores of Lake Michigan. Every time I am there praying, I walk and pick up a rock as a reminder of that prayer and of my…
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Vince Sadowski Go grab a sandwich, this will take a while, and this is the condensed version! 2011-05-13, Friday, A false start I still haven’t had any sleep, been up all night packing, hit the road around 4 AM. Get within 30 miles of ferry, and they call and cancelled the trip. D’Oh! Continue to…
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