I've been to Mackinac Island many many times before purchasing this book. I'd always felt as if I was missing so much of the Island - I WAS RIGHT! After I purchased this book - I was amazed at how much the Island has to offer that'd I'd been missing!

I worked on Mackinac Island for two summers- it is such a special place and a must to visit! This book is excellent-it gives you all the info you need on how to get there, what do do, where to stay, and all the little details you need to know ahead of time. For instance, she lists prices of all the places to stay, bike rental costs, ferry costs, ect. I havent been back to Mackinac Island in 6 years and Im so glad I got this book to help me plan my trip. I cant beleive I stayed away so long!

I've been to THE island twice now and am preparing for my third trip. But I wish I'd read this book before the first trip, for I'd have had a better time.

The book is short, yet chock-full of interesting and useful information concerning almost everything and anything a person would want to know about the magical place called Mackinac Island.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough! Keep up the good work in future editions, Ms. McVeigh.

My family is from Mackinac so my mom got this book for me. It did not take me long to read because I could not put it down. This was the first out of the three that I read and I'm in the middle of the first novel. They are both very good! I liked how you put some history of Mackinac in there but I don't like too much history so it was perfect! KEEP WRITING!!!!!!!!!

For those in the Great Lake States who spend time on the water, this is great fun. Don't let your parents start passing it around you may never get a chance to share it with your friends. Great reading for young and not so young!

Summer island friends from Cincinnati and Michigan sail to Mackinac Island and look for a lost treasure ahead of a deranged treasure hunter. Historically accurate. Spoon fed history in a fascinating format. Kids and their teachers love this book from an educational standpoint.

The year is 1816 and the war between England and the United States is finally over. Mary is now a vibrant young woman at sixteen, not the young girl we first met in ONCE ON THE ISLAND. For the first time in her life Mary is leaving her beloved island of Mackinac and traveling to London to visit her sister Angelique.
While on the steemer, Comfort, Mary meets a young man named James Lindsey who captures her interest. On her arrival in London, Mary finds herself in a society that she has never known. Many surprises are in store for Mary in London, but the biggest of all is the fact that James Lindsey is no other than Lord Lindsey, son of the Duke of Oakbridge. As the two of them grow closer in their fondness for eachother Mary finds she must make a hard decision. Can she give up her hard life on her beloved island for the life of London society with James? Can she give up all the people she loves, including White Hawk, who Mary still has feelings for? A second wonderful novel by Gloria Whelan. I enjoyed this even more than the first one!

FAREWELL TO THE ISLAND is a wonderful sequal to ONCE ON THIS ISLAND which was set on a Great Lakes island in Michagin during the War of 1812. It's 1816, and the war is over. 16 year old Mary O'Shea is sailing to England, to visit her older sister, Angelique, who married a British soldier who had been stationed on the island during the war. As Mary grows closer to the people she meets there, she must decide on which island her heart belongs - The island of Great Britain, where a young Lord has proposed marriage to her, or on the island of Michalmackinac, the island she was born on, ths island she calls home?

Jonathan Rand is writing a series of kids books called Michigan Chillers. They all take place in Michigan towns. The kids here love them. The chapters are short - easy to read aloud to younger kids. My 8 year old is reading them herself and I'm reading them to my 6 year old. They both love them. They aren't really scary, which is good but they are very suspenseful - real cliff-hangers. Highly recommend!

if you like Harry potter and fantasy stuff like that then, i highly recommend this book and the rest in the series. here is a brief summary of the book: Sandy and her bro get eaten by a tree, and have to find the sacred stone key on skull mountain to go home and free all the people in a fantasy world. These books have great names of places and stuff, and i think that you should read this book.

It is a very long time since I've read a mystery novel with so stunning an opening, and what is so good about this mystery, is that it fulfills that promise: it is fast moving and filled with new incidents throughout. The geographical and chronological axes are also unusually wide and well-researched: from Mackinaw to Hawaii and from WWII and Finland's history to the present day. Sense of place is wonderfully conveyed, and the contrasts between the physical characteristics and differing life-styles of Mackinac and Oahu are portrayed with a wealth of convincing detail and local color. I loved this novel; it is gripping and compelling from page 1 to page 238. I will certainly read it again."

Ronald Lewis has written a wonderful novel with intrigue and mystery. He takes the reader from Mackinaw Island to Hawaii, complete with wonderful descriptions of the locations. You can tell that he has actually traveled to the places he writes about. A fun read!

I wouldn't think of diving in the Straits of Mackinac without taking this book along. It makes a great read by the fireplace too, but it's an even better reference guide to keep on the dive boat. Chuck & Geri Feltner are the recognized experts on the shipwrecks of the Straits area and this book is a must for any serious Great Lakes wreck diver.

Shipwrecks of the Straits of Mackinac set a new standard for authors wishing to create regional directories of shipwrecks. I own nearly 500 books on the topic of Great Lakes shipwrecks and diving, and this one is by far the best written and best researched. The authors personally discovered many of the shipwrecks in and around the Straits of Mackinac but were also accomplished researchers and writers. This background enabled them to create a groundbreaking book that has yet to be equaled by others of its kind. Shipwrecks of the Straits of Mackinac gives remarkably detailed accounts of the wrecks in the area drawn from primary archival sources. The authors have also included many fascinating side stories and bits of local history to tie the wreck incidents together and to show their place in the larger arena of Great Lakes commerce and history. Exceptional dive information is included along with many underwater photos and site maps. Both discovered and undiscovered wrecks are detailed and presented in a very accessible table format. Even the bibliography of the book is fascinating due the many obscure and interesting references the authors were able to dig up. If you own only one book on Great Lakes shipwrecks, this should be the one.

Organized and well researched. Interesting era in Michigan's history.

This was one of my very favorite books as a child, and I'm glad to see that it's still available. Gringhuis collects Ojibwa legends from Mackinac Island and the upper Great Lakes generally for a children's book that helps children to see the world in a new way. It's not boring at all, especially because several of the stories involve transformations of characters into rock formations that one can still see on the island. Especially if you're going to Mackinac Island, it's a great book to read. The legend of Sugarloaf is alone reason to buy this book. In some ways, it's old-fashioned athropology, and some might see it as a relic of appropriationist philosophy, that is, stealing stories from people who held them as sacred. But Gringhuis, as in his other Mackinac books, is sensitive and compelling. He really creates a love of history with this book.

Fuller's "The Loon Feather" is the story of Oneta, an Ojibway girl whose father is the legendary Tecumseh. Throughout the story, she searches for an identity that can encompass her French and Ojibway heritiges. This novel is historically accurate and well- imagined, a triumph for young adult readers. Its relevance today can not be questioned, especially for children who are dealing with their own searches for identity.

As a native Michigander who has not spent summers on the Island, but many summers in Northern Michigan, my sister recommended strongly that I read this novel. I began reading it and was immediately swept up into Oneta's life and her struggles to find her own identity. Even more moving was this character's ability to find the strength and goodness in all who touch her life, from her unbending French step-father to her high spirited step-grandmother, to the natives who were so much a part of her early life.
The death of Oneta's great father and leader, Tecumseh, is where the story begins. Life changes for this native girl when her mother re-marries Pierre. Tragic loss occurs when her mother dies of a disease contracted from the unity of these two populations. Options are limited for our central character, and yet she always finds her way because of what she has learned from those who surround her. Her father's wisdom transcends, even as early Michigan's natural abundance becomes substantially limited. This is a MUST read!!

The Loon Feather is the perfect book for girls 8th grade (good readers) and up. The heroine is the daughter of Tecumseh, the Shawnee hero, but she grows up partly in French household. Strong, loving, and sensitive, Oneta is also self-aware--but never whiny.

A prophecy at her birth says that Oneta will marry a person stronger than a warrrior. When she acknowledges her true love, it is she who takes him by the hand to lead him on the path. What a wonderful heroine.

A very accurate picture of life in the early 1800s. Historically correct.

This book has been in continuous print since 1948--for a reason.

Perhaps I am a romantic, but I thought this piece of literature was wonderfully delightful in all aspects. I truly recommend it for the romantics at heart, and for an interesting read that perhaps will somehow change your life, or just brighten your day.

An infantryman's memoirs, based on historical facts. The author's humor and love of country shines through in this book. Besides interests in Civil War History and re-enactments, Jason Kladiva is locally well-known for his civic volunteer duty. A Grand Haven, MI, elementary school had his guidance and donations in building a small museum. For anyone that has ever visited Mackinac Island, MI, this will bring back some fond memories of the fort, etc. This book would make a lovely gift and I highly recommend it.

This book is a reminder of the things in life that are to be savored, whether that is magnificent scenery, long talks with friends, the entertaining parts of a days work, or especially falling in love. Kladiva lets us join him in a journey of the heart that tells us that even the simplest things are not to be taken for granted. A light read that lends a bit of summer to the reader.