Beyond the Windswept Dunes: The Story of Maritime Michigan

Beyond the Windswept Dunes takes the reader into a world of maritime adventure as it was experienced by the sailors, passengers, rescue workers, shipping magnates, industrialists, and many other people whose livelihoods revolved around Michigan's port city of Muskegon. At one time the leading edge of westward expansion, Muskegon was a place where lumbering and lakers merged and where rails met decks, a place situated midway along the coast of a great and sometimes stormy inland sea. Here Elizabeth Sherman offers both a shipping history and a portrait of the city. The events covered range from the visit by the British sloop H.M.S. Felicity in 1779 through Muskegon's boom years as "Lumber Queen of the World," from the city's revitalization with the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway to its recent establishment of a floating museum complex for historic naval vessels.

Author: Elizabeth B. Sherman
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 06/01/2003
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.12h x 6.94w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780814331279

Review Citation(s):
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2004 pg. 105 - Recommended/Regional General

About the Author
Elizabeth B. Sherman, a native of Muskegon who maintains close ties to the region, has spent over a decade pursuing interests related to Great Lakes maritime history. She is on the board of directors for the Great Lakes Maritime Institute, and is a member of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History.