{"product_id":"deaths-door-true-tales-of-tragedy-mystery-and-bravery-from-the-great-lakes-most-dangerous-waters-9781976600159","title":"Death's Door: True Tales of Tragedy, Mystery, and Bravery from the Great Lakes' Most Dangerous Waters","description":"\u003cb\u003eTrue maritime stories told in graphic-novel style \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This beautifully illustrated book for children ages 8-11 relates dramatic moments from Great Lakes maritime history in a graphic-novel style. The book's five true stories span four centuries but take place in one location: a dangerous stretch of water near Lake Michigan's western shore that is known as \"Death's Door.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Young readers will devour these tales of tragic accidents, mysterious disappearances, and heroic moments. The stories feature a 17th-century fur trading crew, an 18th-century Potawatomi trading party, a mail carrier and a shipbuilding family from the 19th century, and an early 20th-century basketball team. The narrator is Death's Door itself, who wonders why people insist on crossing its treacherous waters, concluding it is \"because they are human. Ambitious and restless...but loving too.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An informative afterword provides insight into the author's sources and features archival images and additional historical details about each of the stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilver winner of the 2023 Midwest Book Award for Graphic Novels \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBARBARA JOOSSE is an award-winning author of more than fifty books for children. She lives in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Joosse is also the author and narrator of Shipwreck Walking Tour, an app she created with the Port Washington Historical Society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e RENÉE GRAEF is an award-winning illustrator of more than 80 books for children. She divides her time between Los Angeles and her home state of Wisconsin. Graef is also the illustrator of the Wisconsin Historical Society Press book \u003ci\u003eSport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Joosse and Graef's previous collaborations include\u003ci\u003e Everybody's Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLulu \u0026amp; Rocky in Milwaukee\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fisherman, the Horse, and the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wisconsin Historical Society Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50616681267474,"sku":"9781976600159","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_50dad9f9-3c63-44e1-b167-4ea169c5394a.jpg?v=1732508156","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/deaths-door-true-tales-of-tragedy-mystery-and-bravery-from-the-great-lakes-most-dangerous-waters-9781976600159","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}