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Barber, Sally.

Summary: This selection of 12 stories from Michigan's past explores some of the Great Lakes State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Press 2012

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 BAR

Clements, Todd

Summary: Mackinac Island (Michigan) is famous for its fudge, history, and natural beauty -- but it has a darker side, too. Todd Clements, author of Haunts of Mackinac, returns with more tales of the island's legends, ghosts, and tragic tales.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Misc Mys Clements

Strauss, Jenifer.

Contents: Michigan, The Northland (original poem) (2:15) -- Mando on the porch (original instrumental) by Jack Wiswell -- The story lamp (original story) (10:04) -- How bear lost his tail (adapted traditional) (8:29) -- How Paul Bunyan made the stars and the moon (original) (8:22) -- The talkative turtle (adapted traditional) (8:48) -- The legend of Kichi-iti-kipi (original) (22:16) -- Michigan, my...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Story Be Told Productions 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV STR

Wright, J. C. (John Couchois)

Summary: In The Crooked Tree we find a collection of authentic Indian legends. John Wright listened to his grandmother weave these legends of her people and as a result, we find that he has combined this nameless trait of the Indian storyteller with a sense of realism that makes one believe that the story actually happened.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 1996

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 WRI
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WRI
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 398 WRI

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Local History Room (LHR), Call number: LHR 398.2 WRI
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 WRI

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Stacks, Call number: MI 398 WRI

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Native Wright

Fasquelle, Ethel Rowan

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans 1950

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI History Fasquelle

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4 FAS

Fasquelle, Ethel Rowan

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 1981

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 FAS

Wargin, Kathy-jo.

Summary: Retells the story of the great turtle Makinauk that enlists the aid of other animals to help create the special place known as Mackinac Island.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 1999

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WAR

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WAR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 WAR

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI Wargin

Naldrett, Alan.

Summary: Some of Michigan's most noteworthy yarns and compelling characters were lost down the corridors of history--until now. Discover the Nain Rouge, that "Demon from the Strait," spotted everywhere from the Battle of Bloody Run in 1763 to the Detroit Riot in 1967. Meet folks like Major Stickney, who named his sons One and Two and his youngest daughter Indiana. Inspect the Toledo War's ill-equipped...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The History Press 2014

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Clements, Todd.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: House of Hawthorne Pub. 2006

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 133.1 CLE

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Michigan Room, Call number: MI 133.1 Clements

Lewis, Anne Margaret.

Summary: Walk the shores of Lake Michigan with grandpa and his grandchildren as he tells of the Ojibwe Sleeping Bear legend of how the Petoskey stone was formed when Mother Bear leaves her tears all over the beaches.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mackinac Island Press 2004

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E Lew

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC LEW

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEW

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEW

James, Sheryl.

Summary: Set in a range of historical time periods and locales as well as featuring a collage of ethnic traditions, these tales are a vivid sample of the state's rich cultural heritage.--Publisher's description.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 JAM

Gringhuis, Dirk

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mackinac Island State Park Commission 1970

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 GRI
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GRI
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 398.2 GRI

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GRI

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Stacks, Call number: MI 398 GRI

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Native Gringhuis

Wargin, Kathy-jo.

Summary: In this retelling of an Ojibwe Indian tale, a mother bear loses sight of her two cubs as they all attempt to escape a forest fire by swimming across Lake Michigan.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.24 WAR

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.24 WAR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.24 WAR

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.24 WAR

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE 398.24 WAR

Krenrich, Dorothy Munson.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walloon Trust 1984

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.486 KRE

Haggert, GP

Summary: 60 true stories from eye accounts across the state of Michigan, along with a description of variance types, and actual photos from eye witnesses who have claimed to have seen Michigan dogmen. A great read at a bonfire, party, by the fireplace, while camping, or share with friends.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: GP Haggart 0000

Copies Available at Kingsley

3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.10 HAG
Call number: 133.10 Hag

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 133.10 HAG

Weeks, George.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Altwerger and Mandel 1990

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4635 WEE

Otto, Simon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Talking Leaves 1990

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.3 OTT

Contents: Disc one: Ufer soliloquy on collegiate football -- Pregame and coaching legends (Ara, Duffy, Bo, Mo, Bump, Pete) -- Notre Dame wars (1978-1980) -- 5-4-3-2-1- Touchdown! -- Halftime interviews - Bob Timberlake, Ron Johnson, Tom Harmon -- Michigan coaching legends - Kipke, Crisler, Oosterbaan, Elliott -- The "Meechigan" story -- Field goals - it's good! ... No good! ... No good! -- General Bo...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: World Class Tapes 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN UFE

Rand, Johnathan

Summary: When Rick Owens arrives for a week at Camp Willow, he meets two new friends, Sandy Johnson and Leah Warner. Together, the three friends find out that the legends of the Michigan Mega-Monsters aren't legends at all!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: AudioCraft 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC RAN

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC RAN

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC RAN

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction Ran

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