- Subjects
- Published
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Chicago, Ill. :
Chicago Review Press
c2008.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Item Description
- Includes illustrated endpages.
"Some of the material in this book was originally published in Gapers block, the Chicago reader, True north, and Stop smiling"--T.p. verso. - Physical Description
- 338 p. : ill
- ISBN
- 9781556527210
- Acknowledgments
- Map of the Great Lakes
- Introduction
- 1. East Side Stories: Illinois-Chicago's East Side; Indiana-Hobart
- 2. Suburbia's Waiting Room: Illinois-Chicago's North Side
- 3. The Drunkest City in America: Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- 4. Ya Hey!: Wisconsin-Elkhart Lake, Howards Grove, Haven, Two Rivers
- 5. Door to the North: Wisconsin-Door County, Green Bay
- 6. Yoopers and Trolls: Michigan-Escanaba, the Garden Peninsula, Manistique, Whitefish Point, Paradise
- 7. Boat Nerds: Michigan-Sault Ste. Marie; Ontario-Sault Ste. Marie
- 8. Marquette's Only Son: Michigan-Mackinac Island
- 9. The North Country's Other Great Folksinger: Michigan-Marquette
- 10. A Long Way from a Long Way from Anywhere: Michigan-Isle Royale, Ironwood
- 11. Highway 61 Visited: Minnesota-Duluth, Grand Marais
- 12. Above Lake Superior: Ontario-Thunder Bay, Pays Plat First Nations Reserve, Schreiber
- 13. The Ojibway Way: Ontario-Pukaskwa National Park
- 14. The World's Largest Freshwater Island: Ontario-Manitoulin Island
- 15. Emancipation Day: Ontario-Owen Sound
- 16. Southern Ontario Gothic: Ontario-Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Port Dover
- 17. Greetings from Niagara Falls!: Ontario-Niagara Falls, Hamilton
- 18. The New Canadians: Ontario-Toronto
- 19. For Queen and Canada: Ontario-Prince Edward County, Adolphustown, Kingston
- 20. The Burned-Over District: New York-Sackets Harbor, New Haven, Oswego
- 21. The Irony of Buffalo: New York-Buffalo; Pennsylvania-Erie
- 22. Ethnic Jazz: Ohio-Cleveland
- 23. Black Bottom Blues: Michigan-Detroit; Ontario-Windsor
- 24. Like 1812 All Over Again: Ontario-Port Rowan
- 25. The Great Bay Port Fish Sandwich Controversy: Michigan-Bay Port
- 26. What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor?: Michigan-Rogers City
- 27. My Home Lake: Michigan-Mackinaw City, Suttons Bay, Glen Arbor, Ludington, New Buffalo; Indiana-Michigan City
- Epilogue
Review by Kirkus Book Review