Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
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
Theodore J. Karamanski The creation and administration of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 215 pages, 2000 Purchase Online
Gene Warner An indefinitive history of the settlement of Northeast Lake Michigan 59 pages, 2007 Purchase
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
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
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…
Stacie Longwell Sadowski Act 1. Bayview Trail Overlook The wilderness is within walking distance… …and beyond that the calm of the lake, where the Spirit of the Lord is hovering over the face of the waters, as in Genesis 1, then more wilderness – in the form of an island. Aren’t all wildernesses islands? Ever…
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…
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…
Vince Sadowski Before the trip: I was originally scheduled to return to Manitou Island on May 9, but the winter has been so long and cold that the harbor at Leland was still frozen, so my trip was rescheduled for May 16. My primary objective of this trip will be to find the elusive Angell…
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