age ~96
from Vienna, IL
Thirteen-year-old Kathleen Camille (Kasey) Mackenzie faces challenges in Alaska that will require all the strength and courage she can muster. She is forced to struggle with everything from a dress-stealing bear to a killer storm. The unthinkable happens: the death of her beloved father in a mining ...
Author
Norma Lewis
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
112
Publisher
Publication Consultants
ISBN #
10
As a larger segment of our society ages and divorces increase, women are looking for something to help them through this "man-made" disaster. As a woman divorced after fifty, I found that humor proved to be an excellent coping mechanism and great therapy. Psychologists agree that if we can laugh at ...
Author
Norma Lewis
Binding
Paperback
Pages
67
Publisher
PublishAmerica
ISBN #
1413782604
EAN Code
9781413782608
ISBN #
9
At 265 miles, the Grand River is Michigan’s longest waterway, and it was once considered one of the Midwest’s most important. The river starts as a trickle just south of Jackson and gains power as it surges toward Lake Michigan in Grand Haven. Trappers first used the river to trade with the Native A...
Author
Norma Lewis
Binding
Paperback
Pages
128
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN #
1467113506
EAN Code
9781467113502
ISBN #
8
Imagine sitting in a basket dangling thousands of feet above the ground drilling a hole into the side of mountain. Then you have to stuff that hole with dynamite and get out of the way before it explodes. This dangerous work was just part of the job for the men who built the Transcontinental Railroa...
Author
Norma Lewis
Binding
Paperback
Pages
32
Publisher
Capstone Press
ISBN #
1491401915
EAN Code
9781491401910
ISBN #
7
Grand Rapids began as an Indian trading post. Louis Campau became the first permanent white settler in 1826. Today, the city on the Grand River is Michigan’s second largest with a population of nearly 200,000, more than triple when adding the surrounding metropolitan area. Though best known as the h...
Author
Norma Lewis, Jay de Vries
Binding
Paperback
Pages
128
Publisher
Legendary Locals
ISBN #
1467100234
EAN Code
9781467100236
ISBN #
6
On February 9, 1847, Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte chose a site on Michigan’s Black River and founded what became Holland. Motivated in part by a potato famine and crop failures, the settlers also sought religious freedom. Other countrymen followed, leaving an indelible mark on the character of southw...
Author
Norma Lewis, Jay de Vries
Binding
Paperback
Pages
128
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN #
0738560286
EAN Code
9780738560281
ISBN #
5
William Haldane opened a cabinet shop in 1836, 14 years before Grand Rapids incorporated. Other furniture companies followed: Berkey and Gay, Widdicomb, Sligh, Hekman, and Phoenix were among those taking advantage of the Grand River for transportation and power, the area’s abundant hardwood supply, ...
Author
Norma Lewis
Binding
Paperback
Pages
128
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN #
0738552003
EAN Code
9780738552002
ISBN #
4
Wyoming, Michigan, became a city in 1959, the same year Alaska and Hawaii became states, but its history began more than a century earlier. The first permanent settlers came in 1832, and in 1848, the region split, with the northern portion becoming Wyoming and the southern, Byron Center. Wyoming flo...
Author
Norma Lewis, Jay de Vries
Binding
Paperback
Pages
128
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN #
0738584142
EAN Code
9780738584140
ISBN #
3