Leelanau Press

12/06/2025

Available at all local bookstores, museums and libraries. It is a real beauty!

Frederick W. Dickinson is recognized as a pioneer photographer of the Sleeping Bear Dunes in Leelanau County. The purchase of a view camera in 1938 marked the beginning of Fred's career in landscape photography. He hand-colored many of his black-and-white prints. He produced an extensive collection....

11/12/2025

My favorite log cabin graces the cover of "Historic Cottages of Glen Lake."

10/16/2025

Leelanau News

08/11/2025

This hefty book, all 360 pages, has just been sent to the printer. It should be here by the end of July. You may order it now at your favorite local bookstore for $50.

08/11/2025

This is a special book certain to entertain and inform.

Leelanau News

08/06/2025

"Stepping Off the Boat! Stories From North Manitou Island" book signing with Susan Hollister Wasserman at Port Oneida Fair this Friday and Saturday, 10-4 at the Kelderhouse home location.

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07/07/2025

What a great friend to host this party for Christine Byron on her new release "Perfect Omena Day!"

06/28/2025

See Leelanau Press books during the Cottage Book Shop's 40th Anniversary, Saturday, June 28th, from 5-7 pm. Two of the four new releases will

be showcased.

06/12/2025

With Cottage Book Shop – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

05/18/2025

The first of the four new books published this year will be available soon at your local independent bookstore.
“Perfect Omena Day!” Selections from the Summer Diaries of Rebecca L. Richmond, 1907-1920,” edited by M. Christine Byron, ISBN 978-0-9785465-2-6, Hardcover, $28
Rebecca L. Richmond’s diaries were written in Omena, Michigan, where she owned two cottages. She lived in Grand Rapids, where she was well known for charitable gifts. Rebecca’s uncle, Abel T. Page, promoted Omena as an ideal resort community. In 1897, she built a cottage on Omena Point and named it “Bonnie Banks.” In 1907, she purchased the adjacent cottage, “Camp Lookout.” Her active social life included two cousins, Libby Bacon Custer, wife of General George Custer, and painter Frederick Stuart Church. She writes about leisurely daily activities, visits from friends and relatives, local events, and nature. Never married, she traveled by train from Grand Rapids several times during the warm months, often accompanied by friends.