So Cold A Sky, Upper Michigan Weather Stories [Perfect Paperback]

Karl Bohnak (Author), Rebecca Tavernini (Editor), Elizabeth Yelland (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 22, 2006

Weather History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Begining in 1600's to Present. A Survey of Modern Weather events in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with Oral interviews of eyewitnesses of many weather events.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"So Cold A Sky" is an absolute treasure! This text gives us extraordinary insight into the...region's legendary and incredibly challenging weather. This book...(is a)...must read. To those who embark on this journey thru history, you're in for quite a ride." ---Tom Skilling, AMS Fellow and chief meteorologist,WGN-TV Chicago

"A fine piece of Upper Peninsula history on a topic -weather- that is just (now) being written about. Everyone will find it useful and informative." ---Russ Magnaghi,Professor of History, Northern Michigan University

About the Author

Karl Bohnak has forecasted the weather on WLUC-TV6, Marquette since 1988. His broadcasting career spans four decades, beginning with a small radio station in central New Hampshire in search of New England snowstorms. In his first book, he combines his love of history and weather in this entertaining chronicle of how weather has affected the inhabitants of this unique climatic region.

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Cold Sky Publishing; 2nd edition (April 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097781890X
• ISBN-13: 978-0977818907
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #714,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An incredible testimony to the endurance of Michigan's hardiest human inhabitants., January 6, 2007

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This review is from: So Cold A Sky, Upper Michigan Weather Stories (Perfect Paperback)

Written by weather forecaster Karl Bohnak, So Cold A Sky: Upper Michigan Weather Stories is a compilation of true tales of upper Michigan's extreme weather conditions, from pioneers who braved bone-chilling temperatures to settle the northern part of the state to modern snowstorms and heatwaves. Written in a straightforward narrative style and illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and artworks, So Cold A Sky is an enthralling chronicle of the eternal story of man versus nature. An incredible testimony to the endurance of Michigan's hardiest human inhabitants.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars yoopers at their finest, March 3, 2007

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SLP books "uppolishak" (Escanaba, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: So Cold A Sky, Upper Michigan Weather Stories (Perfect Paperback)

Wonderfully written. As as lifetime "yooper", I know what they mean by the saying "only in the U.P., if you don't like the weather wait 5 minutes it will change". Great book Karl.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original and dramatic, with many illustrations, February 4, 2009

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Mary Hoffmann Hunt (Hancock, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: So Cold A Sky, Upper Michigan Weather Stories (Perfect Paperback)

This original, profusely illustrated book is a must for anyone interested in the Upper Peninsula and its weather. Author Karl Bohnak has been weather forecaster at WLUC TV 6 in Marquette/Neguanee since 1988. His first book combines meterology and history in a fascinating, dramatic way.

Weather has played SUCH an important role in U.P. history. How deep does the snow get, and where do the deer yard up? How long is the growing season, and the shipping season? How much food and fuel is needed for winter survival? Karl draws on treasures like shipwreck stories, hardships experienced by prospectors, landlookers, miners, and the detailed diaries of Father Frederic Baraga, the Snowshoe Priest.

Karl loves snow and has been able to spend his professional career in an ideal spot for snow-lovers. He grew up in Milwaukee, an area of unreliable snow, and studied meterology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.