By David Zurick<\/p>\n
Think you know the Great Lakes? Think again. <\/p>\n
Zurick\u2019s full-color photo journey sweeps you across four galleries organized by lake and season\u2014Lake Superior\u2019s brutal winters, Lake Michigan exploding into spring, Lakes Erie and Ontario glowing under summer skies, and Lake Huron drenched in autumn hues. He even includes a gallery dedicated to the straits and rivers that stitch the whole system together. <\/p>\n
Award-winning nature writer Jerry Dennis sets the mood with an evocative forward, teeing up this visual love letter to America\u2019s inland seas.<\/p>\n
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“The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald”Liveright\/Norton<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n By John U. Bacon<\/p>\n Some 50 years after the \u201cMighty Fitz\u201d went down, Bacon delivers the definitive chronicle of the Great Lakes\u2019 most infamous shipwreck. At a time when the region rivaled Silicon Valley in global economic clout, no vessel embodied American industrial might better than the 729-foot Edmund Fitzgerald. <\/p>\n That\u2019s why its sudden loss in 1975 stunned the nation. <\/p>\n Bacon\u2014already acclaimed for \u201cThe Great Halifax Explosion\u201d\u2014pulls back the curtain on the ship, storm and shifting fortunes of the Great Lakes themselves. Grab an \u201cEddie Fitz\u201d<\/a> and settle into this tome.<\/p>\n The book will release on October 7.<\/p>\n \u201cCleveland Boomer Memories\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n By Howard A. Zuckerman and Ellen N. Jacob<\/p>\n Step into a time machine set to mid-century Cleveland: Mawby\u2019s, \u201cBarnaby,\u201d The Schvitz, Royal Castle, Euclid Beach Park and transistor radios on hot summer nights at Edgewater. Zuckerman and Jacob pack the book with iconic landmarks, vintage TV programs, local ads, fashions, foods and fads that shaped a generation. <\/p>\n Better yet, each copy comes with an interactive, printable photo book\u2014and proceeds support the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance and the Alzheimer\u2019s Association. It\u2019s nostalgia with a purpose.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Westport Jets Meet the Beatles: A Baby Boomer Adventure\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n By Peter Jedick<\/p>\n Imagine \u201cThe Sandlot\u201d\u2014but set in 1964 Cleveland, with a mission to meet the Beatles. That\u2019s the vibe of Jedick\u2019s playful \u201cTom Sawyer\/Huckleberry Finn\u201d style adventure, where four Pony League ballplayers from West Park chase the impossible dream of crossing paths with the Fab Four. We aren\u2019t alone in thinking of that \u201cSandlot\u201d analogy; a user on goodreads actually beat us to it!<\/a> (\u201cYou\u2019re killing me, Smalls.\u201d)<\/p>\n Packed with local landmarks and pure \u201860s flavor, it\u2019s boomer nostalgia with a speculative twist. If you loved the first of Dave Eifert\u2019s \u201cCleveland Curse\u201d books<\/a> or grew up sneaking into concerts and baseball fields, this is right in your wheelhouse.<\/p>\n ICYMI: \u201cPlayhouse Square and the Cleveland Renaissance\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n By John Vacha<\/p>\n Before Playhouse Square<\/a> was a crown jewel of Cleveland\u2019s arts scene, it was mere inches from demolition. Vacha\u2014arguably the leading authority on the subject\u2014traces how a band of Clevelanders in the 1970s rallied to save the theaters, setting off a chain reaction that helped spark the city\u2019s larger comeback.<\/p>\n If only the Hippodrome<\/a> had been so lucky. <\/p>\n While just over a year old, this book is the definitive account of how grassroots determination transformed a fading district into one of the world\u2019s most prestigious theater hubs in the world. If you need proof of Vacha\u2019s storytelling chops, check out his guest column about it here: <\/p>\n Did Playhouse Square\u2019s rescue hinge on a magazine picked up at a barbershop? John Vacha<\/a><\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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\u201cCleveland Boomer Memories\u201d by Howard A. Zuckerman and Ellen N. JacobCourtesy of Howard A. Zuckerman and Ellen N. Jacob<\/p>\n![\""The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M2TJ4QFOSJAFXGP5HBYHBYILJY.jpg\")
“The Westport Jets meet the Beatles: A Baby Boomer Adventure” by Peter JedickPeter Jedick<\/p>\n![\""Playhouse](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UAYONAKGTFFQZCYQEDKR7XXELM.jpg\")
“Playhouse Square and the Cleveland Renaissance” by John VachaKent State University Press<\/p>\n