Middle Bass Island Bibliography

Signed Copies of our Books About Middle Bass and Lake Erie Islands History - Interested in Middle Bass history, or in the history of the Lake Erie Islands? Click the previous link to find out what's available.

Items in purple have all their text and pictures about the Lake Erie Islands included in one of our reprints, as noted.

For additional listings of academic literature about the islands, see the Knowledge Bank at OSU and enter the name of an island or other topic..

Non-Fiction - Major Books We Have Published

	1. Early Adventures at Put-in-Bay, Middle Bass and Johnson's Island, Michael Gora, 2008
	2. Lake Erie Islands - Sketches and Stories, Michael Gora, Editor, 2004 - The most complete history of the islands ever published.
	3. Lonz of Middle Bass, by Henry M. Barr, edited by Michael Gora, 2005
	4. My Sweetest Libbie, Jean Gora, editor, 2005

Non-Fiction - Minor Books We Have Published (pure reprints of previous books)

	5. Illustrated Port Clinton and Environs, embracing Port Clinton, Catawba Island and Put-in-Bay. Frank Limkin, 1898. 50 pages of wonderful text and 90 pictures, including a full page ad for Wehrle's Hall on Middle Bass with an extraordinary picture. Reprinted 2003
	6. Lake Erie Islands: Put-In-Bay, Gibraltar, Middle Bass, Kelley's, Etc., Adolph Witteman, 1886. Reprinted 2003
	7. Middle Bass Island 1877-1977. 1977. Reprinted 2003
	8. Nichol's Handy Guide Book to Put-in-Bay, Middle Bass and Kelley's Island, 1888. Reprinted 2003

Non-Fiction - Other

A few of the books below are fairly easy to find for sale on the Internet, but some, such as the 1874 Ottawa County atlas, are practically impossible to obtain. Those in print but not available in our Web store have links to their pages at amazon.com. We have omitted most references to the Battle of Lake Erie because that would require a separate bibliography larger than this one.

	Abercrombie, Jay, Walks and Rambles in Ohio's Western Reserve, 1996, has a chapter on Middle Bass and a hiking map.
	Alger, R.A., Survey of Starve Island Reef (Letter from the Secretary of War), House Document No. 103, 55th Congress, 1897.
	Barr, Henry M. Lonz of Middle Bass, Delmar Printing Co. (1982). See our reprint above (Item 3).
	Barr, Henry M. and Hines, Phil. Middle Bass Island 1877-1977. (private printing) (1977). See our reprint above (Item 7).
	Bliss, E.F., ed., Diary of David Zeisberger, a Moravian Missionary Among the Indians of Ohio, 2 vols., Cincinnati, 1885. Documents a month-long stay on the islands in 1786. Island text included in Item 1 above.
	Bowen, Dana. Lore of the Lakes – Told in Story and Pictures. Freshwater Press (1940).
	Bowen, Dana. Shipwrecks of the Lakes. Freshwater Press (1952).
	Burges, Tristam. Battle of Lake Erie with Notices of Commodore Elliot’s Conduct in That Engagement. Providence Brown & Cady (1839).
	Cooper, Barbara Allan. Hotel Victory. (private printing) (1985). Usually available from the Lake Erie Islands Historical Society Gift Shop.)
	Core, Earl L. The Flora of the Erie Islands, Ohio State Univ., 1948, with a few Middle Bass pictures.
	Courter, E. W. “Crystal Cave – A Celestite Prodigy”. Lapidary Journal (July, 1974).
	Delafield, Major Joseph. The Unfortified Boundary. (private printing of diary from 1819-21) (1943). Island text included in Item 2 above.
	Dickson, Kenneth R., "Life History of a Small Island", Inland Seas, Vol. 49 No. 2, Summer, 1993 - subtitled "Green Island and the Manhattan Project".
	Dobbins, Capt. W. W., History of the Battle of Lake Erie: Reminiscences of the Flagships “Lawrence” and “Niagara”. Ashby Printing Co (1913).
	Dodge, Robert J. Isolated Splendor: Put-in-Bay and South Bass Island. Exposition Press (1975).
	Downhower, Jerry F., ed., Biogeography of the Island Region of Western Lake Erie, The, Ohio State Univ. Press, 1988
	Evans, Estwick, A Pedestrious our, or Four Thousand Miles Through the Western States and Territories, During the Winter and Spring of 1818, Joseph Spear, Concord, NH, 1819. With details of a Visit to Perry's Cave in 1819. Island text included in Item 1 above.
	Fraser, Chad, Lake Erie Stories - Struggle and Survival on a Freshwater Ocean, Dundurn Press, 2008
	Frew, David, Midnight Herring - Prohibition and Rum Running on Lake Erie, Erie County Historical Society, 2006
	Frohman, Charles E. A History of Sandusky and Erie County. Ohio Historical Society (1965).
	Frohman, Charles E. Put-in-Bay – Its History. Ohio Historical Society (1971).
	Frohman, Charles E. Rebels on Lake Erie. Ohio Historical Society (1965).
	Goodman, H. J. Illustrated Historical Atlas of Ottawa County, Ohio. H. J. Goodman (1900). Island text included in Item 2 above. Maps not included
	Gora, Michael, Green Island and Its Lighthouses - The History of Green Island, Ohio, free 19-page PDF available on this site. Click here
	Gora, Michael, How Many Islands Are There in Lake Erie, free 2-page PDF available on this site. Click here
	Gutsche, Andrea et al., Mysterious Islands: Forgotten Tales of the Great Lakes, Lynx Images, 1999. (The previous link to amazon.com lists only the book. For the book with video, go to www.shop.pbs.org. The video has a nice aerial shot of the Bass islands from the northeast. The book has some excellent Middle Bass anecdotes. Go to the Publisher's Ad.)
	Hardesty, H. H. Illustrated Historical Atlas of Ottawa County, Ohio. H. H. Hardesty (1874). Island text included in Item 2 above. Maps not included
	Hatcher, Harlan. Lake Erie. Bobb-Merrill (1945).
	Hennepin, Father Louis. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America. (reprinted from the second London Edition of 1698). Coles (1974) (reprint of the 1903 reprint). Island text summarized in item 1 above, but not completely reprinted.
	Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes. Laning Printing (1898). Island text included in Item 2 above.
	Jaeger, Godfrey. Historical Hand-Atlas Illustrated. (subtitled “General Survey of the World, History of the United States, History of each State and Territory of the United States, Outline Map and History of Ottawa County, Ohio”). Godfrey Jaeger & Co (1881).
	Kissell, Jeff. Put-in-Bay – The Construction of Perry’s Monument. Arcadia Publishing (2001).
	Korenko, Leslie, Kelleys Island 1818-1861 - The courageus, poignant & often quirky lives of island pioneers, The Wine Press, 2009
	Korenko, Leslie, Kelleys Island 1862-1866 - The Civil War, the Island Soldiers & the Island Queen, The Wine Press, 2009
	Krammes, B. B. Illustrated Port Clinton and Environs, Embracing Port Clinton, Catawba Island and Put-in-Bay. Frank Limkin (1898). See our reprint above (Item 5).
	Langlois, Thomas A., "Amphibians and Reptiles of the Erie Islands", The Ohio Journal of Science, Jan 11, 1964
	Langlois, Thomas A., "The Caves of South Bass Island", Inland Seas (magazine), Volume VII, 1951
	Ligibel, Ted, Island Heritage: A Guided Tour to Lake Erie's Bass Islands, 1987
	Linton, Marilyn R. Ballast Island Chronicles, A History of the Western Canoe Association, Articles from Forest and Stream 1885-1900. Forest and Stream Publishing (1994).
	Lonz, George, Wine Time Chats, 1933, see our excerpt from this.
	Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell. The Life of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Harper & Brothers (1841).
	Martin, Jessie A., Beginnings and Tales of the Lake Erie Islands, The, , Harlo, 1992
	Martin, Jessie A., A History and Some Tales of Kelley’s Island, T.S. Denison & Co (1975).
	Mills, James Cooke. Oliver Hazard Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie. John Phelps (1913).
	Moore, John Bassett, History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to Which the United States Has Been a Party, Government Printing Office, 1898. Six Volumes. Contains the Treaty of Ghent Survey Maps of the Lake Erie Islands in Vol. 6. Island text and maps included in Item 1 above.
	Newell, Amy. Caves of Put-in-Bay. Lake Erie Originals (1995). Usually available from the Lake Erie Islands Historical Society Gift Shop.)
	Nichols, G.. Nichols’ Handy Guide Book to Put-in-Bay, Middle Bass and Kelley’s Island. I. F. Mack & Bro (1888). See our reprint above (Item 8).
	Pollard, James E. The Journal of Jay Cooke or The Gibraltar Records, 1865-1905. Columbus (1935).
	Prothero, Frank. The Good Years – A History of the Commercial Fishing Industry on Lake Erie. Mika Publications (1973).
	Rhodes, Don. Legends of Catawba. 2008. The history of the Catawba Cliffs area on Catawba Island. Available only at the Ottawa County General Store on NW Catawba Road about half a mile from the Miller Ferry on Catawba Island.
	Ross, Harry H., Enchanting Isles of Erie. (private printing) (1949).
	Ryall, Lydia J. Sketches and Stories of the Lake Erie Islands – Perry Centennial Edition 1813-1913. American Publishers (1913). Complete reprint included as one section in "Lake Erie Islands - Sketches and Stories" (Item 2) above
	Saunders, Dr. Robert. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment’s Role in one of the World’s Twenty Famous Naval Battles, Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. J. Looker Ltd (1954).
	Sherwood, Hon. Isaac R., Prognostics on Prohibition, Government Printing Office, 1919, speech in the House of Representatives, with "A Plea for the Islanders of Lake Erie" and a statement by George Lonz. Click here for the full PDF on this site.
	Simcoe, John Graves, The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe, with Allied Documents Relating to His Administration of the Government of Upper Canada, Volume II, 1793-1794, Ontario Historical Society, 1924. Documenting a stay on the Bass Islands in 1794. Island text included in Item 1 above.
	Spencer, O.M. Indian Captivity: A True Narrative of the Capture of the Rev. O.M. Spencer by the Indians, G. Lane & P.P. Sanford, 1842. With details of a 1793 excursion on Middle Bass Island. Island text included in Item 1 above.
	Stuckey, Ronald L. Lost Stories: Yesterday and Today at Put-in-Bay. Thomson-Shore (2002).
	Thorndale, Theresa (Lydia J. Ryall). Sketches and Stories of the Lake Erie Islands – Souvenir Volume. I. F. Mack & Brother (1898).
	Wells, John, The History & Local Post of Rattlesnake Island, Lake Erie, 2003
	Waffen, Chad, Ohio's Lake Erie Islands, 2006
	Warner, Oliver. Uncle Lawrence. Random House (1939). Great story about life on Pelee Island in the 1920s.
	Winter, Nevin O. A History of Northwest Ohio. (3 vols.). Lewis Publishing (1917). Island text included in Item 2 above.
	Wittemann Brothers. Lake Erie Islands – Put-in-Bay, Gibraltar, Middle Bass, Kelley’s, Etc. Wittemann Brothers (1886). See our reprint above (Item 6).

Fiction

	Blood of the Prodigal: An Ohio Amish Mystery, P. L. Gaus, Ohio State Univ. Press, 1999, Publisher's Review
	Valley of the Gray Moon, Ken Brownlee, Low Country Printers, 1994.

Magazine Articles with No Authors Listed

	Lake Erie Isles, National Geographic, July, 1978
	Mr. Taft Goes Fishing - Not for Votes; Incidents of his Visit to the Middle Bass Fishing Club of Ohio, Harpers Weekly, August 12, 1908. See our four pages of Taft visit pictures by clicking on the link.
	Ohio's Treasure Islands, Sports Afield, June, 1956
	Wine Islands of Lake Erie, Harper's Magazine, 1873.
	Ultimate Island Guide, Ohio Magazine, June, 2001. Feature Article on the Lake Erie islands, with Middle Bass Island on page 46 and mention of this Web site on page 48. The articles include 3 pictures from this site, two in the Middle Bass article and one in the South Bass article.

More references can be found in the archives listed on the Island History page.

Other Books of Note

Wildflowers of the Canadian Erie Islands, Mary Celestino, Essex County Field Naturalists, 2002, available by phone from the Ojibway Nature Center

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Revised: 12 Dec 2010 15:28:12.

1. Early Adventures at Put-in-Bay, Middle Bass and Johnson's Island, Michael Gora, 2008