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The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas is the definitive book about the history, nature and science of these remarkable lakes at the heart of North America. From the geological forces that formed them and the industrial atrocities that nearly destroyed them, to the greatest environmental success stories of our time, Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior are portrayed in all their complexity.
No bodies of water compare to the Great Lakes, hence the name. Superior is the largest lake on earth, and together all five contain a fifth of the world’s supply of standing fresh water. Their ten thousand miles of shoreline border eight states and a Canadian province and are longer than the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. The Great Lakes are so vast that they dominate much of the geography, climate and history of North America, affecting the lives of tens of millions of people.
Through storms and fog, on remote shores and city waterfronts, Jerry Dennis, a Michigan native, explores the five Great Lakes in all seasons and moods. The result is a meditation on nature and our place in the world, a discussion and cautionary tale about the future of water resources, and a celebration of a place that is both fragile and robust, diverse, rich in history and wildlife, often misunderstood, and worthy of our attention.
Paperback and 317 pages.
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