General
in-print guide books with just a passing mention of Middle Bass Island are not listed here; those are too volatile to keep track
of. All the books
here have significant mention of, and/or pictures of, Middle Bass Island.
A few of
the books 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 catalog pages at amazon.com.
Items 5, 10 and 18 can be
ordered directly from Amazon.com by clicking on the links.
Non-Fiction
1.
Ballast
Island Chronicles, A History of the Western Canoe Association, Articles from
Forest and Stream 1885-1900,
Marilyn R. Linton, Forest and Stream
Publishing, 1994 (In print, but privately printed and not always easy to
find. Usually available during the summer from the Lake
Erie Islands Historical Society Gift Shop.)
2.
Beginnings and Tales of the Lake Erie Islands, The,
Jessie A. Martin,
Harlo, 1992
3.
Biogeography
of the Island Region of Western Lake Erie, The,
Jerry F. Downhower, ed.,
Ohio State Univ. Press, 1988
4. Enchanting
Isles of Erie, Harry H. Ross, (no publisher listed), 1949
4A. A History of
Northwest Ohio, (click
for excerpts) Nevin
O. Winter, Lewis Publishing, 1917
10.
Mysterious Islands: Forgotten Tales of the Great Lakes,
Andrea Gutsche et al., 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.)
10a. Middle Bass Island
1877-1977.
100 years of Middle Bass history, with many pictures.
Order our reprint
12a. 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.
Order our reprint
13. Rebels on Lake
Erie, Charles E. Frohman, Ohio Historical Society, 1965. See our
excerpts from this.
14. Sketches
and Stories of the Lake Erie Islands, Souvenir Edition, Theresa
Thorndale, Register Press, 1898. See our numerous excerpts listed in the Site
Map.
15. Sketches
and Stories of the Lake Erie Islands, Perry Centennial Edition, Lydia
Ryall, American Publishers, 1913. See our numerous excerpts listed in the Site
Map.
16. Town Hall -
Middle Bass, Ohio: 1877-1977, Henry M. Barr and Phil Hines, eds., 1977.
20. Lake
Erie Isles, National Geographic, July, 1978
21.
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.
24. 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
