The third coast : sailors, strippers, fishermen, folksingers, long-haired Ojibway painters, and God-save-the-Queen monarchists of the Great Lakes /

Chronicling the author's 10,000-mile "Great Lakes Circle Tour," this travel memoir seeks to answer a burning question: Is there a Great Lakes culture, and if so, what is it? Largely associated with the Midwest, the Great Lakes region actually has a culture that transcends the border b...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McClelland, Ted
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
McClelland, Ted > Travel > Great Lakes Region (North America)
McClelland, Ted.
TRAVEL > United States > Midwest > East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
TRAVEL > United States > Midwest > General.
TRAVEL > United States > Midwest > West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD)
Manners and customs.
Travel.
Great Lakes Region (North America) > Description and travel.
Great Lakes Region (North America) > Social life and customs.
Great Lakes Region (North America) > Biography > Anecdotes.
Great Lakes Region (North America) > History, Local.
Lake States > History, Local.
Ontario > History, Local.
Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord) > Descriptions et voyages.
Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord) > Biographies > Anecdotes.
Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord) > Histoire locale.
États des Grands Lacs (États-Unis) > Histoire locale.
Great Lakes Region.
Lake States.
Ontario.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.
Local history.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Map of the Great Lakes x
  • 1 East Side Stories: Illinois-Chicago's East Side; Indiana-Hobart 1
  • 2 Suburbia's Waiting Room: Illinois-Chicago's North Side 15
  • 3 The Drunkest City in America: Wisconsin-Milwaukee 27
  • 4 Ya Hey!: Wisconsin-Elkhart Lake, Howards Grove, Haven, Two Rivers 35
  • 5 Door to the North: Wisconsin-Door County, Green Bay 49
  • 6 Yoopers and Trolls: Michigan-Escanaba, the Garden Peninsula, Manistique, Whitefish Point, Paradise 63
  • 7 Boat Nerds: Michigan-Sault Ste. Marie; Ontario-Sault Ste. Marie 77
  • 8 Marquette's Only Son: Michigan-Mackinac Island 87
  • 9 The North Country's Other Great Folksinger: Michigan-Marquette 99
  • 10 A Long Way from a Long Way from Anywhere: Michigan-Isle Royale, Ironwood 105
  • 11 Highway 61 Visited: Minnesota-Duluth, Grand Marais 117
  • 12 Above Lake Superior: Ontario-Thunder Bay, Pays Plat First Nations Reserve, Schreiber 131
  • 13 The Ojibway Way: Ontario-Pukaskwa National Park 149
  • 14 The World's Largest Freshwater Island: Ontario-Manitoulin Island 163
  • 15 Emancipation Day: Ontario-Owen Sound 175
  • 16 Southern Ontario Gothic: Ontario-Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Port Dover 185
  • 17 Greetings from Niagara Falls!: Ontario-Niagara Falls, Hamilton 197
  • 18 The New Canadians: Ontario-Toronto 207
  • 19 For Queen and Canada: Ontario-Prince Edward County, Adolphustown, Kingston 221
  • 20 The Burned-Over District: New York-Sackets Harbor, New Haven, Oswego 229
  • 21 The Irony of Buffalo: New York-Buffalo; Pennsylvania-Erie 239
  • 22 Ethnic Jazz: Ohio-Cleveland 255
  • 23 Black Bottom Blues: Michigan-Detroit; Ontario-Windsor 267
  • 24 Like 1812 All Over Again: Ontario-Port Rowan 287
  • 25 The Great Bay Port Fish Sandwich Controversy: Michigan-Bay Port 299
  • 26 What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor?: Michigan-Rogers City 307
  • 27 My Home Lake: Michigan-Mackinaw City, Suttons Bay, Glen Arbor, Ludington, New Buffalo; Indiana-Michigan City 315.

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