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Touching the Wild U.P.: Outdoors Adventures in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

by John L. Highlen

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A seasonal outdoor memoir of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

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A seasonal outdoor memoir of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

John L. Highlen gathers nonfiction accounts of direct encounters with the Upper Peninsula’s landscapes and wildlife, ranging from backyard observations and maple-syrup making to longer wilderness trips. The collection moves through the year and across different kinds of outdoor work and recreation: hiking, kayaking on Lake Superior, climbing ice formations, and building a rustic log cabin. Together, these pieces frame nature not as a distant backdrop but as something known through repeated, hands-on contact in wild places and close to home.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Lake Superior country
  • Outdoor enthusiasts drawn to hiking, kayaking, wilderness travel, and seasonal activities
  • Nature-writing readers who enjoy personal nonfiction accounts

Themes

Human connection with natureMichigan’s Upper PeninsulaSeasonal outdoor lifeWilderness recreationBackyard natural encounters

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Book overview

This book includes non-fiction outdoors adventures throughout Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In addition to out-in-the-woods adventures, it includes things like making maple syrup and enjoying an abundance of backyard natural encounters. As it notes on the back cover of the book: Just like with people, connections with our natural world are made through personal contact. Being a life-long lover of the outdoors, especially wild places, John Highlen has a tendency for mingling with nature in a variety of fashions. Across the seasons, through backyard surprises, extended wilderness treks, exploring Lake Superior by kayak, scaling vertical ice formations, building a rustic log cabin, or simply taking a hike. This book is a collection of adventures from the author's close, personal contact with the wilds of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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