29 Upper Peninsula books to add to your reading list
May 3, 2010 | Leave a comment
Whether you’re reading up on the history of the Upper Peninsula or looking for some new places to explore this year, it’s always a good idea to have a few Upper Peninsula books lying around. I recent received the Upper Peninsula Almanac as a gift. Great work by Ron Jolly and Karl Bohnak. I’ve been keeping it on my coffee table and pick it regularly to read just a few pages at a time and always learn some new things I didn’t know about the Upper Peninsula.
Novels
Anatomy of a Murder
U.P. A novel by R.A. Riekki
Tales of the Old U.P.
Shadow of the Wolf Tree: A Woods Cop Mystery
History & Essays
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Almanac
Death’s Door by Steve Lehto
The Sweater Letter
Lumberjack: Inside an Era in the U.P.
The Superior Peninsula: Seasons in the U.P.
Growing Up Yooper
Folk Traditions of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
So Cold A Sky, Upper Michigan Weather Stories
A Ghostly Road Tour of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
A Most Superior Land
Geological report on the Upper Peninsula
An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites
Iron-Bearing Rocks Volume 1
Black River Harbor
Exploring & Guides
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Hiking Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Upper Peninsula Fishing Guide
Going Back to Central
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: Great Destinations
50 Hikes in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Trout Ponds and Lakes in the Upper Peninsula
Hunts’ Guide to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Northern Flights: Tracking the Birds in the U.P.
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May 3, 2010
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Fishing Guide also available for the West End.
May 3, 2010
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“Self-guided Geological Field Trip to the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan,” by Theodore J. Bornhorst & William I. Rose.
May 3, 2010
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Thanks for the list. I ordered three of the titles this morning. We can’t wait to get up to the UP soon!
May 3, 2010
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They’ve been around a while, but all the Northwoods Readers by Cully Gage are great! Full of short stories based on early 20th century life in the U.P.
May 3, 2010
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Don’t forget to add some of the classic novels that include the Upper Peninsula like Anatomy of a Murder.
May 4, 2010
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How about Death’s Door by Steve Lehto? Really good read…and interesting history of the shady side of the mine companies
Jun 16, 2010
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A great collection of books here. Thanks!
Sep 22, 2010
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Don’t forget the true whodunit – The Sweater Letter by Daivd Distel.
Yooper Steez
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Sep 22, 2010
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Thanks Walt! I’ve got it up there now.
Oct 4, 2010
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Also, check out Ander Monson’s Other Electricities: Stories. He’s a U.P. native, and these stories draw from that background. He also writes poetry and nonfiction. Ander Monson’s work should be on this list.
Jim Nelson
Dec 9, 2010
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Don’t forget my Yooper mystery, The Butterfly Conspiracy – It’s in every BookWorld in Upper Michigan and also on Amazon.com.
My next Yooper mystery, The Maze At Four Chimneys, comes out in about 30 days.
Dena
Mar 28, 2011
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Another great story is “Cold” by John Smolens.
Mar 28, 2011
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Don’t forget Nevada Barr’s “A Superior Death”.
Kathy
Mar 28, 2011
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What a good idea to share all these Yooper books! Some of them look really interesting. Thank you.
Apr 4, 2011
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You should probably include True North by Jim Harrison.