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Links of interest:

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Here are some additional great sites to investigate if you are interested in Upper Michigan, or if you simply love to read! We will link to anyone who will link to us or who carries our books.

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Upper Michigan Authors and Books

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Please support independent publishers by visiting these websites of members of the
Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA)

Chris Shanley Dillman

The historical novel Finding My Light follows 16-year-old Emma Truckey's adventures as she helps her mother run the Marquette Michigan Lighthouse while her father is away fighting in the Civil War—based on a true story.

North Country Publishing

Award-Winning Books from the North Country by Lynn and Lon Emerick. Enjoy the beauty, history (and humor) of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Slipdown Mountain Publications LLC

Slipdown Mtn Publications produces fiction & nonfiction books without graphic sexual content, excessive violence or gratuitous profanity. You can safely share them with your whole family.

Karl Bohnak's "So Cold a Sky" - celebrity U.P. weatherman, Karl Bohnak, tells the history of Upper Michigan weather, including the greatest storms and blizzards of our history.

Ben Mukkala Ben Mukkala writes about the iron, timber, and copper industries of Upper Michigan, and about the outdoors and wildlife of our wonderful woodland peninsula.

Jerry Harju - North Harbor Publishing - Jerry's many books include "Our World Was in Black and White" and "The Witch's Picnic" - tales of Upper Michigan in the twentieth century by noted local newspaper columnist.

Harley Sachs - Harley has written a dozen books, many set in Upper Michigan.

Farral Bradtke - UP Native and author of the horror on an Iowa farm novel Heartless Heartland

Colleen O'Hara Jackson - Author of The Butterfly Woman, as well as designer of water coloring books and note cards.

Upper Michigan Events

Pine Mountain Music Festival - Bringing Opera, Symphony and Chamber Music to Upper Michigan every summer.  The festival is currently in financial trouble. More information on their website. Please help save the festival by sending a donation to:

Pine Mountain Music Festival
P.O. Box 406
Hancock, MI 49930

Upper Michigan History

Marquette County History Museum - The history of Marquette County and the J.M. Longyear Research Library

Marquette Maritime Museum - The history of shipping on Lake Superior

Michigan Iron Industry Museum - The story of the Iron Ore Industry in Marquette County. Find out the story of the original Iron Pioneers.

Upper Michigan Places to Visit

Hunt's Guide to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan - tons of information is here about Upper Michigan.  Be sure to look at the Historic Ridge and Arch Streets link where you'll find a picture of the historical Merritt House in Marquette, which inspired the Henning Mansion in The Marquette Trilogy novels of Tyler R. Tichelaar.

Northern Lights Lakeside Resort - This is the place to stay, a beautiful resort on Farmer's Lake, where I spent many fine summers myself.  Come see "God's Country".

Peter White Public Library - Far more than a library. For over a century, the library Peter White established, has been a gathering place in Marquette - exhibits, art gallery, gift shop, coffee shop, cultural center, and an architecturally wonderful building. Iron Pioneers is proud to call it home.

US National Ski Hall of Fame - the history of skiing in the United States, located in Ishpeming Michigan.

Upper Michigan Arts & Music

Redfella Records - Marquette’s freshest recording studio and digital media production company, creating an impressive splash of arts and cultural diversity on the Marquette and Upper Peninsula community.

Upper Michigan Products

Tri-Town Artisans Mall - The largest all summer art show in Upper Michigan, filled with crafts, homemade products, and of course, books. You absolutely can't pass this place up!

Da Yoopers Tourist Trap - One of the seven wonders of Yooperland.

Michigan Fair - The best gifts in Michigan

Shawnee Soap Maker - Hundreds of soap products, including Superior Soap "Reminiscent of a Lake Superior breeze. Made with purified Lake Superior water and a touch of beach sand."

Superior View - vintage photos of Upper Michigan - the book covers for Iron Pioneers and The Queen City came from here.

U.P. Bathworks - Wonderful all natural, chemical free bath, beauty, and skincare products made by Carol Pelkola.

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just like Dorothy did when she moved away from Marquette