Islands: Great Lakes' Stories - Hardcover

Each island's stories amaze. Many of the islands played important roles for some 300 years of North American history and still have residents as quirky and genial as ever. Even if you never board an island ferry, you will be fascinated with the tales of spies and pirates, daring attacks on forts, Indian legends, the mysterious death of a Dodge family heir, heroic lighthouse keepers, a Mormon leader who declared himself king of Beaver Island, ghosts and islands that--while they appeared on maps--never existed.

Gerry Volgenau, a former Coloradan, came to love the Great Lakes during his 27 years working for the Detroit Free Press. He was a local reporter, the newspaper's first science editor, Canada correspondent based in Toronto for almost four years, roving national correspondent, and an editor of national and foreign news. Gerry became best known during his almost eight years as the travel writer, a job that took him all over the world and happily very often to the Great Lakes.