2011 State History Award winner, Grand Traverse: The Civil War Era"

2012 Independent Publisher Book Award
2011 Michigan History Award Winner
Northern Michigan Best-Seller

Grand Traverse: The Civil War Era

by John C. Mitchell

While the bonds uniting North and South frayed under the weight of slavery, and then broke into the violence of the American Civil War, the wilderness harbors along the coast of Grand Traverse blossomed into booming port towns.

The story of Grand Traverse during the era is an account of a place and a nation rising to their shared destiny, one settled, the other redefined, during the epic struggle. Throughout the Civil War, Grand Traverse soldiers fought and died in major battles and forgotten skirmishes, earning for the region a compelling military history in the most crucial and deadly of American conflicts. All who feel a connection to Northern Michigan should read this book.

Hardcover, 6.375" x 9.25" with full-color dust jacket
352 pages with historical photography
ISBN 978-0-9621466-4-0
$24.95 plus shipping

 

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REVIEWS

"Carefully researched, elegantly written, and packed with information...A marvelous read." Doug Stanton, NY Times best-selling author

"Mitchell’s writing style is engaging, the stories captivating, and photographs and illustrations add visual images to the ones that will be created in readers’ imaginations as they are pulled into the book…” Pamela Grath, Dog Ears Books, Northport

“..a great book—truly a gem—well researched and edited.” Barb Siepker, Cottage Books, Glen Arbor

 

Wood Boats of Leelanau: A Photographic Journal by John C. Mitchell

Wood Boats of Leelanau:
A Photographic Journal

by John C. Mitchell

The cultural landscape of Leelanau began to change in the 1850’s when people of European descent traveled to the western Great Lakes in ever-increasing numbers. At the same time, the era of modern photography dawned as technological advances in imaging allowed photographers to practice their craft outside the confines of their studios. During the century that followed, a progression of remarkable wood boats played a key role in transforming the region. Through histories and photographs, Wood Boats of Leelanau captures the beauty and utility of these vessels and the spirit of the people of the peninsula during one hundred years of unprecedented change.

Hardcover, 8.5" x 11" with full-color dust jacket
192 pages with color photography
ISBN 978-0-9796581-0-5
$39.95 plus shipping

 

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REVIEWS

"John C. Mitchell's, Wood Boats of Leelanau A Photographic Journal, captures the reader with the compelling history of wood boats - all manner of them from dugout canoes to mackinaw boats, schooners, fishing tugs, sloops, passenger steamers, mail boats, life saving rescue boats, pleasure craft, speed boats, and others. Mitchell collaborated with Leelanau County high school students, who acted as research and writing assistants, to thoroughly investigate the local marine heritage in historical records and newspapers. This wonderful book is richly illustrated, beautifully designed, and indexed. It is a valuable reference tool disguised as a coffee table display."