Midwest Bedrock
eBook - ePub

Midwest Bedrock

The Search for Nature's Soul in America's Heartland

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Midwest Bedrock

The Search for Nature's Soul in America's Heartland

About this book

To know a place deeply means to understand it on several levels, layered almost as if from bedrock to topsoil. Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature's Soul in America's Heartland takes readers on a journey across all twelve Midwest states to natural settings that defy typical stereotypes of the Midwest landscape. Each chapter focuses on one focal region or locality within each state, often seeking out lesser-known landscapes steeped in beauty and story.

Author Kevin Koch invites readers to join him on a journey through the beauty of the Midwest and to discover such places as Wisconsin's 1,100-mile Ice Age Trail that follows the furthest reach of the last glacier; Minnesota's Lake Itasca, headwaters of the Mississippi River; and Indiana's Hoosier National Forest, which still cradles hidden graveyards from long-abandoned farm communities.

Part history, part memoir, part interview-based research, Midwest Bedrock is a personal narrative of exploring the natural beauty of America's Heartland, where each location tells the stories of the past that linger on the landscape.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Midwest Bedrock
  8. 1. Wisconsin: The Ice Age Trail
  9. 2. Michigan: A Great Lakes Shoreline
  10. 3. Ohio: The Hocking Hills
  11. 4. Indiana: Hoosier National Forest
  12. 5. Kansas: The Flint Hills
  13. 6. Nebraska: The Niobrara River and Northern Sandhills
  14. 7. Missouri: The Katy Trail
  15. 8. Illinois: Cahokia and the Upper Mississippi Shoreline
  16. 9. North Dakota: The Rendezvous Region
  17. 10. South Dakota: Glacial Lakes and the Eastern Corridor
  18. 11. Minnesota: Lake Itasca, Headwaters of the Mississippi River
  19. 12. Iowa: Effigy Mounds in the Driftless Land
  20. Conclusion: Midwest Bedrock
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. About the Author