A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach

One Woman’s Trek of the Perimeter of Lake Michigan

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Lakes & Ponds, Sports, Walking, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel
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Author: Loreen Niewenhuis ISBN: 9781883953591
Publisher: Great Lakes Literary, LLC Publication: October 4, 2013
Imprint: Crispin Books Language: English
Author: Loreen Niewenhuis
ISBN: 9781883953591
Publisher: Great Lakes Literary, LLC
Publication: October 4, 2013
Imprint: Crispin Books
Language: English

In 2009, Loreen Niewenhuis walked completely around Lake Michigan. This book chronicles that journey, a 1,000-mile trek around the world’s fifth-largest lake.

The book explores both the geology of the lake and the measure of a person – a woman, married, mother of two sons (who joined her for portions of the walk). But most of the walk was done solo, an adventure in discovery of self and place.

Niewenhuis conveys a sense of the magnitude of the lake she loves, a place so elemental to the states which form its shores.

Day by day, from a ground-level perspective, the book explores the natural and human history of Lake Michigan . . . and raises important questions about preserving our wild places and protecting fragile ecosystems on which we all depend.

"Her adventure is told with verve and boldness, and she is a clear-eyed observer of the lake and its beautiful and sometimes ravaged shore."
– Jerry Dennis, author, The Living Great Lakes

Author Loreen Niewenhuis is a writer, speaker, and long-distance hiker. Her stories have been published in many literary journals; her short-story collection, Scar Tissue, was a finalist for the 2009 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. This book recounts her first 1,000-mile hike, a trek around Lake Michigan. In 2013, her second book of an epic hike along the shores of all five Great Lakes was released, A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk. She is currently working on a third book exploring the shorelines of the islands of the Great Lakes. To inquire about talks and other programs, contact her at www.LakeTrek.com.

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In 2009, Loreen Niewenhuis walked completely around Lake Michigan. This book chronicles that journey, a 1,000-mile trek around the world’s fifth-largest lake.

The book explores both the geology of the lake and the measure of a person – a woman, married, mother of two sons (who joined her for portions of the walk). But most of the walk was done solo, an adventure in discovery of self and place.

Niewenhuis conveys a sense of the magnitude of the lake she loves, a place so elemental to the states which form its shores.

Day by day, from a ground-level perspective, the book explores the natural and human history of Lake Michigan . . . and raises important questions about preserving our wild places and protecting fragile ecosystems on which we all depend.

"Her adventure is told with verve and boldness, and she is a clear-eyed observer of the lake and its beautiful and sometimes ravaged shore."
– Jerry Dennis, author, The Living Great Lakes

Author Loreen Niewenhuis is a writer, speaker, and long-distance hiker. Her stories have been published in many literary journals; her short-story collection, Scar Tissue, was a finalist for the 2009 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. This book recounts her first 1,000-mile hike, a trek around Lake Michigan. In 2013, her second book of an epic hike along the shores of all five Great Lakes was released, A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk. She is currently working on a third book exploring the shorelines of the islands of the Great Lakes. To inquire about talks and other programs, contact her at www.LakeTrek.com.

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