Tag: Historic Architecture

•  Local author to appear at bookstore for book signing of new “Lost East Chicago and Indiana Harbor” history book

  

  Award-winning author and journalist Joseph S. Pete will appear at a Northwest Indiana bookstore to sign copies of his new history book, “Lost East Chicago and Indiana Harbor.” Pete, a Lisagor Award-winning reporter and columnist, will do a book signing from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 20 at Miles Books at 2819 Jewett…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  July 12, 2024

  #books, #BookTok, Amazon, American History, Audiobooks, Author event, Authors, Historic Architecture, History, Regional, Sports, The History Press

  “Lost East Chicago and Indiana Harbor”, “The Region”, #books, Angel “El Diablo” Manfredy, Betsy Palmer, book signing, East Chicago, Gregg Popovich, Historic Architecture, Howard Van Doren Shaw, Indiana Harbor, Inland Steel, Joseph Pete, Lake Michigan, Mademoiselle Shoppe, Marktown, Steve Tesich, Sunnyside, Washington Park Zoo

• Three Charming Villages on the shores of Lake Chapala

  

  Born in the United Kingdom, Tony Burton, a Cambridge University-educated geographer with a teaching certificate from University of London, first traveled to Mexico after spending three years as a VSO [Voluntary Service Overseas] volunteer teaching geography, and writing a local geography text, on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts. From there his travels took him…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  August 16, 2023

  #books, #BookTok, Food History, Historic Architecture, History, Mexico, Mexico Travel, Non-fiction, Recipes, Travel

  “Lake Chapala: A Postcard History”, “New Worlds for the Deaf”, #books, Ajijic, Cookbooks, Food, Gwen Chan Burton, Historic Architecture, History, Jocotepec, Lake Chapala, Recipes, Sombrero Publishing

• If Walls Could Talk: Lake Chapala’s historic buildings and their former occupants

  

  Now one of the most popular retirement area for Americans and Canadians, the Lake Chapala Region, nestled in a valley almost a mile high in Mexico’s Volcanic Axis,  has long been a draw for ex-pats and vacationers, lured by its almost perfect climate and beauty. In his book If Walls Could Talk: Chapala’s historic buildings…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  January 23, 2023

  #books, #BookTok, Adventure, Culture, Food, Food History, Historic Architecture, History, Mexico, Mexico Travel, Recipes, Travel

  Cookbooks, Culture, Food, Historic Architecture, Historic Preservation, History, Lake Chapala, Literary, Mexico, Recipes, Road Trips, Tony Burton, Travel

• Haunted Lighthouses: Scary Tales of the Great Lakes

  

  Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state and about 40 of those are rumored to be haunted by the spirits of former keepers, mariners and others with ties to these historic beacons. Inside the pages of Michigan’s Haunted Lighthouses, long-time researcher, writer and promoter of all things Michigan, Dianna Stampfler, shares stories of…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  October 5, 2022

  #books, Adventure, American History, Architecture, Author event, Book signings, Culture, Ghosts, Great Lakes, Hauntings, Historic Architecture, History, Lake Michigan, Lighthouse, Michigan, Murder, mystery, Non-fiction, Shipwrecks, Travel, True Crime

  book signing, Great Lakes, Historic Architecture, Historical Society of Michigan, Mackiac City, Marquette Harbor Lightouse, Michigan, Michigan Maritime Museum, Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses, Point Iroquois, Seul Choix Point Lighthouse, Whitefish Point, Whitehall Michigan

• Pullman: The Man, the Company, the Historic Park by Kenneth Schoon

  

                 Kenneth Schoon, professor emeritus at Indiana University Northwest, has immersed himself in the history of the Greater Chicago/Northwest Indiana area for decades, writing books starting from the area’s earliest beginnings such as “Calumet Beginnings: Ancient Shorelines and Settlements at the South End of Lake Michigan” and “Swedish Settlements on the South Shore of Lake…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  September 6, 2021

  American History, Architecture, Barack Obama, Chicago, Historic Architecture, History, Photography

  Chicago, Florence Hotel, historic, Historic Architecture, Historic Preservation, Historic Pullman Foundation, History Press, Kenneth Schoon, Museum, Non-fiction, Pullman, Pullman National Monument