Summer Dreams: The Story of Bob-Lo Island

by Patrick Livingston

Book Overview

Located twenty miles south of Detroit where the Detroit River meets Lake Erie, Bob-lo Island was the ultimate summer playground for families from Detroit and Windsor for nearly one hundred years. In its heyday, the island housed an amusement park with one of the world's largest dance halls, an elegant restaurant, and a hand-carved carousel. It also employed two large Frank Kirby-designed ferry steamers--complete with dancing and other entertainment--to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814333656
• ISBN13: 9780814333655
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 10.1"