
By Gary Crabbe
By Gary Crabbe
By John F. Carafoli,Francine Zaslow
By Penny Zimmerman-Wills
By Ken Wardius,Barb Wardius
“Lighthouses are a mirrored image of the human spirit and a reflect to our past.”—from the Introduction
No image is extra synonymous with Wisconsin’s wealthy maritime traditions than the lighthouse. those historical beacons conjure myriad notions of a bygone period: romance, loneliness, and dependability; devoted keepers manning the lighting fixtures; eerie stories of haunted buildings and ghosts of earlier keepers; mariners of yesteryear anxiously hoping to make shelter round rocky shores. If those sentinels may speak, think the stories they'd inform of ferocious nice Lakes storms taking their toll on vessels and folks alike.
In this absolutely up-to-date version of Wisconsin Lighthouses, Ken and Barb Wardius inform these stories, taking readers on an intimate travel of lighthouses on Lake stronger, Lake Michigan, and Lake Winnebago. either pleasant storytellers and complete photographers, the couple supplement their attractive textual content with greater than a hundred wonderful colour pictures, in addition to dozens of archival pictures, maps, records, and artifacts. certain “how to get there” instructions, up to the moment prestige experiences on each one gentle, and sidebars on every thing from lighthouse vocabulary to the usually lonely lives of lightkeepers make this the definitive publication on Wisconsin’s lighthouses.
By Marion L. Head
A definitive visitor’s consultant to the wonder and calmness of South Dakota, masking not just ancient websites and vacationer points of interest, but additionally mountaineering, searching, fishing and tenting in addition to different kinds of out of doors exploration.
The first and so much finished advisor to South Dakota highlights the state’s usual good looks and contains insurance of its significant old websites and vacationer points of interest, from Mount Rushmore and Deadwood to the Black Hills. The advisor is principally family-friendly, outlining loose or reasonably cheap actions in addition to little identified treasures that have been stumbled on via own adventure and study at the ground.
As in all Explorer's publications, this ebook comprises updated maps and convenient icons that time out areas of additional worth, kin- and pet-friendly institutions, those who supply wheelchair entry, or even selective buying and specific occasions listings.
By Lori Jill Smith,Jane Banks Campbell
By Bob Sehlinger,Johnny Molloy
Combining the newest expertise with stable out of date paddling journeys, the up to date sixth version Canoeing and Kayaking consultant to Kentucky makes your paddling adventures even more uncomplicated to execute with thoroughly revised and more advantageous maps, entry issues, river gauges and mileages.
Sehlinger and Molloy have mixed millions of miles of paddling all through North the USA as well as Kentucky. they've got additionally penned extra paddling publications to a number of different Southern states. This mixed adventure has been used to make Canoeing & Kayaking Kentucky its best and most precious for paddlers of every kind. GPS coordinates were extra to each put-in and takeout within the ebook, making achieving your favourite waterway a snap.
By Eric D. Lehman
By Jeremy D'Entremont
By Tom Domek