Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons

Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons

Hardcover

14 Sep, 2021

Northern Michigan is a place, like all places, in change. Over the past half century, its landscape has been bulldozed, subdivided, and built upon. Climate...

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ISBN-10:

0472132970

ISBN-13:

9780472132973

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Dimensions

9.10 X 6.00 X 0.80 inches

Language

English

Description

Northern Michigan is a place, like all places, in change. Over the past half century, its landscape has been bulldozed, subdivided, and built upon. Climate change warms the water of the Great Lakes at an alarming rate--Lake Superior is now the fastest-warming large body of freshwater on the planet--creating increasingly frequent and severe storm events, altering aquatic and shoreline ecosystems, and contributing to further invasions by non-native plants and animals.

And yet the essence of this region, known to many as simply "Up North," has proved remarkably perennial. Millions of acres of state and national forests and other public lands remain intact. Small towns peppered across the rural countryside have changed little over the decades, pushing back the machinery of progress with the help of dedicated land conservancies, conservation organizations, and other advocacy groups.

Up North in Michigan, the new collection from celebrated nature writer Jerry Dennis, captures its author's lifelong journey to better know this place he calls home by exploring it in every season, in every kind of weather, on foot, on bicycle, in canoes and cars. The essays in this book are more than an homage to a particular region, its people, and its natural wonders. They are a reflection on the Up North that can only be experienced through your feet and fingertips, through your ears, mouth, and nose--the Up North that makes its way into your bones as surely as sand makes its way into wood grain.

Product Details

ISBN-10

:0472132970

ISBN-13

:9780472132973

Publisher

:University of Michigan Press

Publication date

: 14 Sep, 2021

Category

: Wildlife & Nature

Sub-Category

: Essays

Format

:Hardcover

Language

:English

Reading Level

: All

No. of Units

:1

Dimension

: 9.10 X 6.00 X 0.80 inches

Weight

:422 g

Editorial Reviews

"Dennis is always seeking a larger, transcendent view, even in seemingly mundane activities, like paddling a canoe...These transcendent views surface over and over again, and yet, they remain remarkably unexpected - one of the many pleasures of reading this book. No one, it seems, is more delighted than Dennis himself when nature reveals a new perspective. He accepts these moments as gifts he shares with the reader..."--Jacqueline Justice "Inland Seas" (8/20/2022 12:00:00 AM)

About the Author

Jerry Dennis is an award-winning nature writer who calls Traverse City, Michigan, home. His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times, Smithsonian, Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, and Gray's Sporting Journal, among other periodicals. He has written over a dozen books, including The Windward Shore: A Winter on the Great Lakes; The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas; and Canoeing Michigan Rivers: A Comprehensive Guide to 45 Rivers, now in its 3rd edition.

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