Murder Most Foul in Les Cheneaux Review by Victor R. Volkman Revelation at The Snows is the second book of the Sherriff George Kaughmann mysteries. Kaughmann is based in Cedarville, the town closest to the Les Cheneaux archipelago in Mackinaw County and about 30 minutes east of St. Ignace. Les…
Shining a Light on Life in the U.P. Review by Victor R. Volkman The Sunshine Room, by Jan Stafford Kellis, is a meditation on family and the search for who we really are. Kellis skillfully mixes equal parts mystery and family drama – with a dash of humor – to…
Stories of Broken Men and Shattered Lives in the U.P. Review by Victor R. Volkman Hunter’s Moon, by Philip Caputo, is a nihilistic romp through the lives of military veterans set against the backdrop of a bleak Upper Peninsula. Caputo, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, is still probably best known for…
Children Can Appreciate Their Own Unique Talents Reviewed by Victor R. Volkman Jacqueline Briggs Martin’s Bim, Bam, Bop, and Oona (University of Minnesota Press, 2019) is a large-format, hardcover book lavishly illustrated by Larry Day. The seemingly nonsense words of the title are the character names of Indian Runner ducks…
Alpacas of the Upper Peninsula! Reviewed by Victor R. Volkman Get ready for a great day out with A Field Trip to the Alpaca Farm (Stinky Sneakers Media, 2018), written and illustrated by Kathy Kuczek. This “field trip” is a large-format, hardcover, professionally produced children’s book with edge-to-edge full-color illustrations,…
A Fish Story as Big as the Great Lakes Itself Review by Victor R. Volkman Parents and youth with a love for nature should check out A Great Lakes Odyssey with Louis and Louise by Stephen T. Schram (Orange Hat Publishing, 2018). Although this book is technically the second in…
Paranormal Activity on the Great Lakes Reviewed by Victor R. Volkman Michigan is home to the most lighthouses of any state in the USA, with 129 total lighthouses spread across both peninsulas on the Great Lakes. Diana Higgs Stampfler is a seasoned Michigan historian who, for more than 20 years,…
What Can a Future World Dominated by Insects Teach Us About Ourselves? Review by Victor R. Volkman Deborah K. Frontiera’s fourth book in the ongoing Chronicles of Henry Roach-Dairier, subtitled The Inception of the Combined Colonies, is a wild, post-apocalyptic story of the conflict of two races of beings. This…
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