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
| 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.
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.
