Death & Lighthouses on the Great Lakes: A History of Murder and Misfortune
Death & Lighthouses on the Great Lakes: A History of Murder and Misfortune

Author: Dianna Higgs Stampfler

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2022-02

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1467149950

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The author of Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses shares tales of disaster and misfortune on the Great Lakes. Losing one's life while tending to a Great Lakes lighthouse sadly wasn't such an unusual occurrence. Death by murder, suicide or other tragic causes--while rare--were not unheard of. Two keepers on Lake Superior's Grand Island disappeared one early summer day in 1908, their decomposed remains found weeks later. A newly hired and some say depressed keeper on Pilot Island in Wisconsin's Door County slit his own throat after a consultation with a local butcher about the location of the jugular vein. A smallpox outbreak in the late 1890s led to the tragic death of a lighthouse hired hand on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. Join author Dianna Stampfler as she uncovers the facts (and debunks some fiction) behind some of the Great Lakes' darkest lighthouse tales.

Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses
Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses

Author: Dianna Stampfler

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019-08-26

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 143966630X

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Travel Michigan’s coast—and into the state’s history—with otherworldly tales of the spirits of those who sought to keep its waters safe. Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state, with more than 120 dotting its expansive Great Lakes shoreline. Many of these lighthouses lay claim to haunted happenings. Former keepers like the cigar-smoking Captain Townshend at Seul Choix Point and prankster John Herman at Waugoshance Shoal near Mackinaw City maintain their watch long after death ended their duties. At White River Light Station in Whitehall, Sarah Robinson still keeps a clean and tidy house, and a mysterious young girl at the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse seeks out other children and female companions. Countless spirits remain between Whitefish Point and Point Iroquois in an area well known for its many tragic shipwrecks. Join author and Promote Michigan founder Dianna Stampfler as she recounts the tales from Michigan’s ghostly beacons. “Haunting tales of Michigan’s lighthouses . . . Her stories come from lighthouse museums, friends and family.”—Great Lakes Echo

Tales of the Great Lakes
Tales of the Great Lakes

Author: Frank Oppel

Publisher: Secaucus, N.J. : Castle

Published: 2008-05-15

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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With hundred of original illustrations, Tales of the Great Lakes encompasses the stories of the men who built the Midwest,

Blood on the Mitten
Blood on the Mitten

Author: Tom Carr

Publisher: Blood on the Mitten

Published: 2023-06-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781961302013

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Storytelling at its fully imagined best." -Ben Hamper, bestselling author of Rivethead

Great Lakes Pirate: The Adventures of Roaring Dan Seavey
Great Lakes Pirate: The Adventures of Roaring Dan Seavey

Author: Gavin Schmitt

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 146714617X

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Best known for its many natural wonders, Lake Michigan also claims the odd and dubious honor as the home and stomping grounds of Roaring Dan Seavey, alleged to be the only pirate arrested on the Great Lakes. Aboard his ship, the Wanderer, Seavey's life at sea (or at lake) entangled him in all kinds of misadventures. The wanton sailor roamed to the wilds of Alaska, engaged in a brisk chase with the Coast Guard and survived a raging inferno--and those are just the stories that can be confirmed. Legends of drunken brawls and grave robbing continue to follow Roaring Dan long after his death. Author Gavin Schmitt leads readers on a journey with one of Lake Michigan's most notorious sailors.

The Living Great Lakes
The Living Great Lakes

Author: Jerry Dennis

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2004-06

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780312331030

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The author provides an account of his experiences as a crew member on a tall-masted schooner during a six-week voyage through the Great Lakes, and discusses his other explorations of the lakes, looking at their history, geology, and environmental disaster and rescue.

Light From The Birdcage: Stories From An Abandoned Lighthouse
Light From The Birdcage: Stories From An Abandoned Lighthouse

Author: Mike Sonnenberg

Publisher: Huron Photo

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781955474023

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The Waugoshance Lighthouse was the first offshore lighthouse on the Great Lakes and it has been left abandoned for decades. This is the story of one man's fictional visit to this historic beacon to shine a light from the tower one last time before it crumbles into Lake Michigan. Through the challenges of living one more day in isolation at the forgotten lighthouse the history of Great Lakes Lighthouses comes to life. Woven throughout the story are true tales of the men and women who worked at these historic beacons keeping the light on to guide sailors. It also contains the history of lighthouse on the Great Lakes and how the light mechanism and fog signals worked long before electricity became available. If you love lighthouses, or a good adventure story, you will enjoy reading this book.

The Company of Strangers
The Company of Strangers

Author: Paul Seabright

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780691118215

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This is a wonderful book, very well written and accessible to a wide audience.

The View from Split Rock
The View from Split Rock

Author: Lee Radzak

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781681341804

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A modern lighthouse keeper tells the fascinating stories of his tenure at a celebrated historic site.

The Naked Indian Woman
The Naked Indian Woman

Author: Sangeetha Shinde Tee

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1649516827

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This collective literary effort has taken the stories of 16 ‘everyday’ women from India – a housemaid, a lawyer, a divorcee, a doctor battling Covid-19, a single mother… It covers their most intimate stories in easy-to-read free verse. It is time the voice of the common Indian woman got heard - with all the unique challenges she faces living in this cultural ecosystem, with all its attendant heartaches and joys, highs and lows. This is the voice of the unheard women of India. And they are speaking out bravely, without fear of shame or social ostracisation. They want to inspire other women – just ordinary, everyday women like themselves – to start speaking their truth by sharing their (often painful) histories and lifting the veil on the unspoken. This anthology covers sexuality, societal judgement, divorce, education systems for women, domestic slavery, parental control and interference, in-laws and misogyny... It comprises powerful stories that tell of the hidden powerhouse that drives this nation. One that is finally breaking free of the chains that have kept them bound for as far back as any of us can remember. These are the stories of the battles and triumphs of every Indian woman and this book is a salute to their everyday courage and resilience.