Vintage Views of the Mackinac Straits Region follows a trail of vacationers and travelers to northern Michigan through postcards, photos and old travel ephemera. The book uses ?vintage views? to portray historical Mackinaw City, St. Ignace, Mackinac Island, the car ferries, and the famous Mackinac Bridge. Voices from the past describe the region's scenic beauty, historical sites and tourist attractions. From travel by steamship and railroad to caravans of automobiles, from mom and pop cabins to the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, from the striking Arch Rock to the baffling Mystery Spot, the Straits region has attracted visitors for over 150 years.

Vintage postcards, messages from yesterday, and photographs capture the splendor of one of Michigan's most beautiful counties.

Hundreds of historic postcards and photographs from days gone by illustrate the grandeur of this picturesque Michigan region as it was, revealing the reason why earlier generations were so attracted to this northern Michigan location. Historical newspaper articles, copy from early travel guides, and old postcard messages give the reader a true perspective on the region's history from the 1890s through the 1960s. The authors have a special talent for researching and selecting the most appropriate graphics to display the genuine feeling for this area. Their overview of the history of the locale along with illustrations will conjure up memories that will long be cherished.

First explored by Native Americans, French Canadians, and Jesuit missionary priests, this water passageway, once known as Michilimackinac, connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and separates Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Geographically, cartographers have charted the Straits of Mackinac on the west from Waugoshance Island in Lake Michigan eastward through the narrow submerged valley between Mackinaw City and St. Ignace and continuing east/southeast down the south channel of Lake Huron to the city of Cheboygan. As a popular tourist destination, this area welcomes travelers visiting Mackinac Island, as well as historical sites where St. Ignace, Mackinaw City, and Cheboygan now prosper.

The Dockporter. He's got a bike, a basket ... and a whole lotta baggage. It's the summer of 1989. Jack McGuinn is a dockporter, transporting tourists' luggage, piled high in the basket of his bike on Mackinac Island, Michigan, a tiny summer resort where cars are outlawed and pedal-power rules. He's got the season wired tight: a family cottage on the bluff, a dream job, and a loyal crew of hell-raising, tip-hustling buddies. When his old friend-turned bitter rival challenges him to ride a record-setting load, he takes the bet and soon realizes he's not just carrying suitcases, he's carrying the future of the island, which is about to be paved over for profit. With the help of his pals on the dock and the love of a romantic, free-spirited Irish cellist named Erin, Jack digs deep to discover skills he didn't know he had. The Dockporter is an offbeat, nostalgic coming-of age-story that appeals anyone who ever had a summer job. If Rushmore director Wes Anderson remade Caddyshack but it emerged as a hybrid of Footloose and Meatballs (and was a book) it would be The Dockporter. Genre-smashing, hilariously fresh, yet refreshingly familiar, it's a novel about friends, family, love, luggage, and the summers we never forget. We feel the same way you do. The world's gotten a bit serious lately. So kick back, pour yourself something cold, and take a summer vacation, even if it's just in your mind. Because let's face it: we all need an island.

An entertaining look at the rise of the postcard as a vacation travel staple, the development of the postcard and the early 20th century pioneers of the postcard trade in the Mackinac area. Includes over 200 full-color reproductions of postcards from the MSHP collection, ncludeing postcards of: Steamships, Docks & Harbor Views; Main Street, Churches & Cottages; Island Hotels (including the Grand); Historic Places (such as the fort); Natural Wonders; and a chapter on mainland sites including Mackinaw City and St. Ignace. Excerpts from selected postcards which were sent to family or friends included.

The Historical Society of Michigan is now offering the latest Michigan History Directory of Historical Societies, Museums, Archives, Agencies and Commissions. Listing over 900 historical societies, museums, archives, historic sites, agencies, and commissions the Directory is a critical reference tool used to locate historical organizations in Michigan. The Michigan History Directory is compiled and published biennially by the Historical Society of Michigan. Arranged alphabetically by community and including a full index, the Michigan History Directory is used widely in libraries, schools, museums, historical societies, genealogical groups, as well as by individuals that are interested in Michigan's history. Historical resources can be found easily using the extensive contact information listed with each entry. The 2006-07 edition is fully updated with new information and is 25 percent larger than the last edition. The Michigan History Directory lists the name, address, phone, fax, contact names, e-mail addresses, website, hours, admission fees, collection information, and more for each organization detailed.

Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize • Winner of the 2021 Kate O'Brien Award • Winner of the 2021 Dalkey Emerging Writer Award Sinéad Hynes is a tough, driven, funny young property developer with a terrifying secret. No-one knows it: not her fellow patients in a failing hospital, and certainly not her family. She has confided only in Google and a shiny magpie. But she can't go on like this, tirelessly trying to outstrip her past and in mortal fear of her future. Across the ward, Margaret Rose is running her chaotic family from her rose-gold Nokia. In the neighbouring bed, Jane, rarely but piercingly lucid, is searching for a decent bra and for someone to listen. And Sinéad needs them both. As You Were is about intimate histories, institutional failures, the kindness of strangers, and the darkly present past of modern Ireland; about women's stories and women's struggles; about seizing the moment to be free. Wildly funny, desperately tragic, inventive and irrepressible, As You Were introduces a brilliant voice in Irish fiction with a book that is absolutely of our times.