Know Your Ships 2022 by Roger LeLievre
View from the Sideroad: A Collection of Upper Peninsula Stories by Sharon M. Kennedy
North of Nelson: Stories of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — Vol. 1 by Hilton Everett Moore
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Hilton Everett Moore explored life during the early to mid-1900s in Nelson, a fictional small community located near Baraga and Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In North of Nelson, the trials and tribulations of some of the main characters as they face their challenges served…
Lake Effect :Life is Short. Drink the good Scotch first! by D.J. Williams
Moose Willow Mystery by Terri Martin
Shipwrecked and Rescued — Cars and Crew: The City of Bangor By Larry Jorgensen
Review by Deborah K. Frontiera This short volume, Shipwreked and Rescued, is loaded with historic photographs, maps and charts, Larry Jorgenson presents the story of one of the more famous shipwrecks on Lake Superior, the City of Bangor and its cargo of Chrysler cars. The author begins with a brief…
Cady and the Birchbark Box by Ann Dallman
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Ann Dallman crafted a novel titled “Cady and the Birchbark Box” which depicted the sophistication of the Native American culture and life of a determined teenager. Cady’s character struggled with a move to another community, a crush on a young man and a mystery behind a birchbark…
We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by Phyllis Michael Wong
‘Cady and the Birchbark Box’ Wins Michigan’s State History Award
A Dangerous Season by Russell Fee
“A Dangerous Season” by Russell Fee is the third and final installment of the Sherriff Matt Callahan Mysteries. As with the previous stories, the action takes place mostly on the fictional Nicolet Island. My sense of Michigan geography is maybe not as well-developed as it could be, but my instincts…
One Winter Up North by John Owen
Review by Sharon Brunner John Owens shared an enchanting story One Winter Up North about a family’s winter adventure in northern Minnesota at the Boundary Waters area. The story is told by captivating illustrations. The family first travels to the location where they set up camp. A father, mother, and…
Chlorophyll: poems about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by Raymond Luczak
Review by Deborah K. Fronteira A poet as well-known as Raymond Luczak has been published in numerous books, anthologies, and literary journals. It would be hard to own all the various publications listed in the acknowledgment section of this volume, so Modern History Press made it easy working with Raymond…
Dredge Artistic Decay by t. kilgore splake
Review by Sharon Brunner Dredge Artistic Decay, written by T. Kilgore Splake, offered the reader renditions of past losses. After the “Copper Boom” in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (U.P.), businesses crumbled and along came the appearance of industrial relics. During the boom miners dredged millions of pounds of copper…
The Wolf and The Willow By Robert Downes
Having Faith: A Novel by Anne Miller
The Constipated Elephant: A Mystery at Pennington House, by A. Jay
True Tales: The Forgotten History of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by Mikel Classen
Review by Sharon Brunner Mikel B. Classen’s book True Tales: The Forgotten History of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula provides historical information most of us do not know about or have forgotten. The Upper Peninsula (U.P.), a rugged, uncharted wilderness, haunted and delighted many through lawlessness, natural and man-made phenomenon. The man-made…