Ship captains daughter growing up on the great lakes lewis ann michler 9780870207303 amazoncom books. Ship captains daughter is a very short autobiographical narrative about growing up in the twin ports duluth superior as the daughter of a great lakes ore ship captain the prose reads like a young girls diary touching on both highlights and the more mundane aspects of this familys unique seasonal scheduled. Ship captains daughter growing up on the great lakes ann michler lewis ann lewiss childhood was marked by an unusual rhythm each year the thawing and freezing of the great lakes signaled the beginning and end of the shipping season months of. Incidentally the little girl pictured on the cover of the book is ann lewis daughter four year old amy she was watching her grandfathers ship the ss herbert c jackson as it entered the duluth canal the ship captains daughter growing up on the great lakes by ann m lewis 88 pages wisconsin historical society press 2015