Description: "The story of the Great Lakes unfolds during an epic journey on The Malabar, a two-masted schooner the author helped sail from Lake Michigan to Bar Harbor, Maine. Battling storms and internal strife, the crew of five navigate the lakes and their connecting waterways, traverse the Erie Canal and a flooding Hudson River, and make their way around Manhattan to Long Island Sound and up the Atlantic coast to Maine."--
Brief description:
Jerry Dennis writes for Smithsonian, Sports Afield, Gray's Sporting Journal, and The New York Times. His books, including It's Raining Frogs and Fishes, A Place on the Water, and The River Home, have won numerous awards and have been translated into five languages. In 1999, he was the recipient of the Michigan Author of the Year Award presented by the Michigan Library Association. He lives in Traverse City, Michigan.
Review Quotes:
"An enticing homecoming party for the Great Lakes, with a welcome-back for some readers and an invitation for others." --Kirkus Reviews
"A stirring account of a schooner voyage through some of the most beautiful scenery on the planet." -- Globe and Mail (Canada).
"Thoroughly entertaining." -Chicago Sun Times "A masterwork. This is history at its best." -- Doug Stanton, author of In Harm's Way "Dennis weaves anecdotes from his childhood, such as a family-fishing trip on Lake Michigan, together with informed commentary on the natural history of the lakes and the people who live there as well as evocative descriptions of the enchanting view of the forests along Lake Superior from the schooner. " --Publishers Weekly "A fine guide, borne along with a storyteller's sense of pacing and blend of fact with picaresque." --American Geographical Society