Lake Superior Profiles

This book is a collection of biography, history, folklore, religion, work, yarns, character, superstition, grit, bravery, and humor.

Covering fishermen and botanists, as well as different fish species and rock formations, this blend of biography, history, folklore, religion, and humor provides a unique insight into the lives of people and places that call this area home.--HSM Chronicle "HSM Chronicle ", Gagnon has written a marvelously delicious saga about the world's largest freshwater lake. It's 'comfort food.' You don't just read Lake Superior Profiles, you chew on his descriptions of the people and places of the region that visitors-and most residents-might see, but never really know."--Mark L. Thompson "executive director of the Presque Isle County Historical Museum and author of A Sailor's Logbook (Wayne State University Press, 1999) and Graveyard of the Lakes (Wayne State University Press, 2004) ", When I was a lad, there used to be a sign in the Keweenaw Peninsula: 'You are now breathing the purest, most vitalizing air on earth.' It's said the college fellows used to nail skunks to the sign. I don't know if that's true, but it's a good yarn. The lake makes for many. As Longfellow wrote in Song of Hiawatha, 'You shall hear a tale of wonder.'"--John Gagnon "from the prologue "

John Gagnon has worked as a journalist, carpenter, and publicist. He is also the author of Hard Maple, Hard Work, a collection of profiles of people who work with another of Upper Michigan's natural resources-its prized hard maple.