The Island Bookstore: Area History Books

Settled in the 1600's by Jesuit Priests, possesion of Mackinac (pronouced Mack-in-aw) Island was fought for during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. It also housed Confederate prisoners during the Civil War. A tourist center since the early 1800's, people travel from all over the world to visit Mackinac Island because of its rich local history. We add new items to this section frequently, so please check back soon.

USCGC Mackinaw
by Mike Fornes

History of the Coast Guard Icebreaker Mackinaw, decommissioned in 2006.

Softcover
Price: $29.95

This Is My Homeland
Edited by Lorraine Rickmans, Keith Lewis, and Anabel Dwyer

Stories of the effects of the nuclear industries by the people of the Serpent River First Nation and the north shore of Lake Huron.
Price $10.95
Paperback

Willaim G. Milliken: Michigan's Passionate Moderate
by Dave Dempsey

Hardcover
Price: $29.95

Mackinac Island: Three Hundred Fifty Years of History
by Robert E. Benjamin

A history and guide of Mackinac Island.
Price $6.98
Paperback

Historic Cottages of Mackinac Island
by Susan Stites
and Lea Ann Sterling

A pictorial guidebook to seventy-three cottages built on Mackinac Island, Michigan between 1870 and 1910. Historic photos from private collections and the Mackinac State Historic Parks's archives are interspersed with contemporary color photos of each cottage. Biographies of early cottage occupants, details of the cottage architecture, and interesting anecdotes from a hundred years past, the Gilded Age.
Price $40.00
Hardcover

Mackinac: An Island Famous in These Regions
by Phil Porter

A history of Mackinac Island published by the Mackinac State Historic Parks.

Price $9.95
Paperback

Price $16.95
Hardcover

Mackinac Island: Its History in Pictures
by Eugene T. Petersen

An illustrated history of the Island in black and white photographs and illustrations. One of our bestsellers.
Price $18.00
Hardcover