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Wild Shore Exploring Lake Superior by Kayak Greg Breining |
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$57.00 Cloth/jacket |
A real-life adventure and journey of discovery on the greatest of the Great Lakes. Lake Superior's windswept rock, clear water, and wooded shores make it one of the most stunning landscapes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario. Over two years, sportsman, writer, and world traveler Greg Breining set out to circle this great lake by kayak, a means of travel that allowed him to visit the lake's places of rare beauty and solitude, experience its wildly varied moods, and see its remote historic sites and isolated communities. Wild Shore is a tale of outdoor adventure, odd characters, humorous stories, and quiet reflection. Wild Shore is also a story of the men and women who have lived along Lake Superior's shores since the Ice Age. An avid history buff, Breining follows the routes of the Ojibwa and the voyageurs. He explores the mix of cultures that created the Lake Superior region we know today. He visits the scientist who studies the last surviving woodland caribou herd on the Superior shore, explores the riddle of the lake's mysterious "Pukaskwa pits," and meets the Ojibwa Coast Guard captain who attempted to save the ill-fated cruise ship Grampa Woo. Illustrated throughout with the author's striking photographs, Wild Shore will be a welcome book to those who love the beauty of Lake Superior, to adventurers, and to armchair travelers everywhere. "Wild Shore brings Lake Superior-in particular its shorelines and islands-to brooding life in memorable fashion. Breining succeeds in describing both the dangers and beauty of the huge lake in blunt, forceful, often elegant prose, sometimes conveying sharp sociological observations." —Ken Wisneski, Minneapolis Star Tribune "For two years. St. Paul sportsman/author Breining paddled the big lake in stops and starts in a small, funny-shaped boat and wandered the shore, keeping account along the way of his encounters with Superior's people, wildlife and changing landscape. Read it if you grew up skipping stones on annual family fall trips to the North Shore and wondered what was beyond that blue horizon. Or, if you've already discovered what awaits there." —Jerry Zgoda, Minneapolis Star Tribune "Wild Shore is an entertaining mix that is part travel guide, part memoir, part history and part outdoor adventure." —Chicago Tribune "Marvelous! A travel book that allows you to settle back in your easy chair and enjoy the ride. You can let yourself see through Breining's eyes and not worry about emulating his feats. He's a fine writer." —Duluth Reader Weekly Greg Breining is the author of many books, including Fishing Minnesota (2003), Minnesota (1997) and Return of the Eagle (1994). His writing has also appeared in Sports Illustrated, Audubon, International Wildlife, and Minnesota Monthly. He is the managing editor of Minnesota Conservation Volunteer and lives in St. Paul. 280 pages | 48 halftones | 5 7/8 x 9 | 2000 cloth, 2002 paper |
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