{"product_id":"harbor-country-hardcover","title":"Harbor Country - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Mueller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoseAnna Mueller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eight villages of Southwest Michigan's Harbor Country-Michiana, Grand Beach, New Buffalo, Union Pier, Lakeside, Harbert, Sawyer, and Three Oaks-have evolved from a group of humble frontier communities into a vacation mecca. Just 90 minutes from Chicago, Harbor Country's unspoiled beaches, marinas, antique shops, and shady country lanes have offered a weekend refuge to weary urbanites for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New York Times once called Harbor Country \"the Hamptons of the Midwest,\" perhaps because the area draws Chicago's illuminati to its shores. Yet most of the region's first settlers were lumbermen, farmers, fishermen, and railroad workers, and Harbor Country's rustic, small-town ambience remains as their legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough nearly 200 vintage photographs, this book documents the history of Harbor Country and its many roles throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Once an aspiring Great Lakes port, then briefly a railroad center, as well as a lumbering community that supplied the timber to build Chicago, Harbor Country is revealed as an area with rich history and everlasting appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42740545126463,"sku":"9781531614508","price":41.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f29cab89b86627fa1352112310dda639.webp?v=1765160190","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/harbor-country-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}