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A Field Trip to the Alpaca Farm by Kathy Kuczek

victor November 2, 2019 October 8, 2020Children / Science & Nature alpacas 0

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,…

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Great Odyssey with Louis and Louise by Stephen T. Schram

victor November 1, 2019 December 10, 2020Children / Fiction, Children / Science & Nature Stephen T. Schram 0

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…

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Michigan’s Haunted Lighthouses by Diana Higgs Stampfler

victor October 1, 2019 October 8, 2020Mind & Spirit / Supernatural haunted houses, lighthouses 0
Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses

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,…

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The Inception of the Combined Colonies by Deborah K. Frontiera

victor September 8, 2019 October 8, 2020Young Adult / Fantasy Deborah K. Frontiera 0

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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Out by John Smolens

victor August 1, 2019 October 8, 2020Adult Fiction, Suspense Del Maki, John Smolens 0

Smolens Returns to Marquette County and Takes Us Out for an Adventure Reviewed by Victor R. Volkman “Out” is a word that probably has a hundred different uses in the English language—everything from “out cold” to “out of the closet” —and, in the case of John Smolens’ novel of the…

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Assembly Required by Raymond Luczak

victor July 1, 2019 October 7, 2020Memoir Deaf, Raymond Luczak 0

 Ironwood Native Son and Playwright Details His Struggles for Acceptance and Love Reviewed by Victor R. Volkman Raymond Luczak’s collection of autobiographical essays, Assembly Required: Notes From a Deaf Gay Life was accessible to me because it is very much the story of an outsider growing up in the 1980s. …

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When Teddy Came to Town by Tyler R. Tichelaar

victor June 1, 2019 October 10, 2020Historical Fiction History / Marquette, Teddy Roosevelt, Tyler R. Tichelaar 0

Tichelaar’s New Tale of Marquette Highlights T.R.’s 1913 Visit When Teddy Came to Town by Tyler R. Tichelaar tells the story of the brief tenure of then former President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt’s visit to Marquette in the Spring of 1913.  Roosevelt had been accused of being a drunkard by local…

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A Dream of Steam by James W. Barry

victor May 1, 2019 October 7, 2020Historical Fiction 0

 Barry’s Adventure Novel Spans from DeTour to Detroit! A Dream of Steam (2018) is James W. Barry’s ambitious debut novel of industry and adventure in the closing years of 19th century Michigan.  Loosely based on the largely forgotten exploits of the real-life Moilles brothers, who would do anything to save…

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Across The Bridge by Kristin Neva

victor April 1, 2019 October 7, 2020Authors, Christian Romance, Copper Country Copper Island 0
Across the Bridge by Kristin Neva

Neva’s New Novel about Love and Friendship in the Keewenaw. Review by Victor R. Volkman Across the Bridge (Kristin Neva, 2018) is the story of widower Drew Smith and his son AJ who are moving to Copper Island (the Keweenaw) less than two years after the tragic loss of Kristine,…

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Go Find! by Susan Purvis

victor March 1, 2019 October 7, 2020Biography / Women Biography / Women 0
Go Find by Susan Purvis

GO FIND – an amazing story of love and rescue in the mountains Review by Victor R. Volkman On the surface, Go Find is a simple memoir with a simple title: a woman in her 30s makes an impulse decision to get a dog and train him to eventually become…

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