This past weekend my wife and I headed up to the Les Cheneaux area for a presentation on the Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes and a book signing event at the Les Cheneaux Historical…
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Travelling this Great State of Michigan
Lately I have heard a lot of talk about people wanting to leave the State of Michigan. I can understand this is your reason is related to employment but what I can’t understand is the…
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Rebuilding the Family of William H. Law
While researching Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes, one aspect was really special for me and that was finding and connecting with distant relatives. I had started with the family members I knew my entire…
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Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes – For the Birds
My Wife Kim and I will be taking a trip to Point Pelee near Leamington, Ontario soon for the Festival of Birds. For the birds, it’s migration time and there is no better time of…
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What’s in a name? The Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes.
When I started research for the book I quickly found that the Rev. W. H. Law was given many nicknames by the people he served other than “The Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes”, which…
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“Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes” is now available through the Avery Color Studios web store
“Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes” is now available through the Avery Color Studios web store LOCATED HERE. “You can’t have a complete understanding of maritime history until you have read this book.” – Frederick Stonehouse,…
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The Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes
Rev. William Hainstock Law, the subject of my book “Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes”, was my Great-Great-Grandfather (Mother’s, Mother’s, Mother’s Father). I never knew him as he passed away many years before I was…