Author: Jay Gilbertson
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 0758266650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Schedules, bills, errands, the dying water heater in the basement--sometimes running away from it all is a huge temptation. In a wise, wonderful novel that's as sweet, tart, and refreshing as a tall glass of lemonade on a hot day, you'll meet a couple of dear friends who actually take the plunge. Luckily, they've got the best safety net two women could have--each other. Every day in her busy Wisconsin beauty salon, Eve's clients trust her with their hair and their hearts. Unattached and not unhappy about it, she chugs along through life, fueled by coffee, gossip, and the daily round of split-end crises and dye disasters--until long-time client Ruby proposes something completely wild. Maybe it's the perm fumes, but she wants Eve to drop everything and move with her to a rambling, dilapidated cottage way up north at the lake. What's even crazier is that Eve agrees. . . The lure of escaping their ordinary lives for total freedom is too tempting to ignore, although neither one of them expects it to come with a barn full of cobwebs, an eccentric cast of local characters, and a brand-new business to run. The difference is, bare feet, good food--not to mention the time to make it--and the serene beauty of the lake in their front yard make facing each new challenge a lot more fun. If life is what you make of it, Eve and Ruby are bound and determined to make it fabulous. . .
Author: Dennis McCann
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Picturesque little Bayfield on Lake Superior is Wisconsin’s smallest city by population but one of its most popular visitor destinations. This book captures those unique qualities that keep tourists coming back year after year and offers a historically reliable look at the community as it is today and how it came to be. Abundantly illustrated with both historical and contemporary images, This Superior Place showcases, as author Dennis McCann writes, “a community where the past was layered with good times and down times, where natural beauty was the one resource that could not be exhausted by the hand of man, and where history is ever present.” Because Bayfield serves as “the gateway to the Apostle Islands,” the book also includes chapters on the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Madeline Island, and the nearby Red Cliff Ojibwe community. It also covers the significant eras in the city’s history: lumbering, quarrying, commercial fishing, and the advent of the orchards visitors see today. It is not a guidebook as such but more of a visual and written tour of the city and the major elements that came together to make it what it is. Colorful stories from the past, written in Dennis McCann’s casual, humorous style, give a sense of the unique characters and events that have shaped this charming city on the lake.
Author: Jay Gilbertson
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9780758211446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In a sequel to Moon Over Madeline Island, even though her and Ruby's apron-making business is booming, Eve feels that something is missing in her life and decides to search for the daughter she had given up for adoption when she was just seventeen. Original.
Author: Kendra Mack
Publisher: I Was There Press
ISBN: 9780979919244
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Madeline Island. Just the words conjure up images of a magical place. For thousands of years the largest of the Apostle Islands has drawn people to its Lake Superior shores. For more than a hundred years summer residents have been shaping places for a relaxed pace of life shared with friends and family and immersed in nature. Over the course of two summers, architecture writer Linda Mack and her daughter, photographer Kendra Mack, plied the island's roads to capture the stories of twenty-seven wildly different retreats. They include century-old cottages, contemporary houses designed by Minnesota architects, a rustic fishing cabin, a reassembled 1812 Vermont barn, and the author's own beach house. "Readers of this delightful book will be so enchanted with Linda Mack's stories of the island cottages that they will want to catch the next ferry from Bayfield, Wisconsin." Bette Hammel, author of "Legendary Homes of the Minneapolis Lakes" and "Legendary Homes of Lake Minnetonka"
Author: Hamilton Nelson Ross
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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La Pointe, once an Ojibwe village, destination for French voyageurs, and center of the Great Lakes fur trade, is now the gateway to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore just off the Wisconsin shore of Lake Superior. First published in 1960 and long out of print, this classic account of three centuries of the history of La Pointe and Madeline Island is now available again, supplemented with a chronology of events, a glossary of Ojibwe names, a foreword by Ojibwe scholar Thomas Vennum, Jr., and the numerous maps, charts, and illustrations Hamilton Ross collected and prepared for the original edition.
Author: Marcia Kierland Henry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781424337538
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Marcia Henry and Sally Parsons have created a delightful journey through the alphabet. Marcia's fun loving and appealing verse coupled with Sally's detailed artistic depiction of life on Madeline will captivate young and old as they travel through this familiar sequence. The book promotes literacy for youngsters, historical background for the older reader, and sheer pleasure for all."--Carol Sowl, teacher, La Pointe School Supported by a grant from the La Pointe Center, which is funded by the people of Madeline Island, the Wisconsin Arts Board, and the State of Wisconsin *Full-color illustrations throughout! *Recommended for children ages 2 to 9 *Madeline Island ABC Book contains: ABC verses and illustrations A brief history of Madeline Island An ABC Island Treasure Hunt An Alphabet Search at the Madeline Island Historical Museum
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Publisher: Adventure Publications
ISBN: 9781892472267
Category : Apostle Islands (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A collection of photographs of the Apostle Islands that lie off Wisconsin's Bayfield Peninsula, on the south shore of Lake Superior. All of the 22 islands, with the exception of Madeline Island, are part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
Author: Lorrie Holmgren
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946063052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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When travel writer Emily Swift agrees to join her boyfriend Chet for a romantic getaway on Madeline Island, she has no idea she will end up accused of murder. But that's what happens when she finds a dead lawyer stashed in an abandoned refrigerator. Who could have killed him? Could the fact that he was on the island to help Chet's grandmother rewrite her will be a motive? Chet's family is outraged by a will that excludes them unless they find Gram's Ojibway half-brother. But surely they aren't angry enough to kill. Or are they? When everyone on the island assumes that Emily and Chet are engaged and the victim's blood stains are found in her car, she quickly becomes the prime suspect. Can Emily clear herself and solve the case in time to prevent the killer from striking again? Or will her sleuthing lead her into a new romance and even greater danger? Find out in MURDER ON MADELINE ISLAND.
Author: Connie Ross
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781006609381
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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This is a story of a boy fishing on Madeline Island. The pictures are colorful simple cut paper designs that are very appealing to young children.
Author: Kerry G. Hill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781364207724
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Madeline Island, in Lake Superior just off Wisconsin's North Coast, measures 14 miles long and 3 miles wide -- the largest of the Apostle Island Archipelago. Among the 22 Apostles, only Madeline has commercial development and is not part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.From LaPointe, the island's commercial center, to Big Bay State Park and Big Bay Town Park and beyond, Madeline Island is a scenic and quirky place that begs to be explored -- as this collection of images show.