The Great Lakes are a remarkable repository of millions of years of
complex geological transformations and of a considerably shorter,
crowded span of human history. Over the course of four summers,
Thomas Shevory rode a bicycle along their shores, taking in the
stories the lakes tell—of nature’s grandeur and decay, of
economic might and squandered promise, of exploration,
colonization, migration, and military adventure. This book is
Shevory’s account of his travels, shored up by his exploration of
the geological, environmental, historical, and cultural riches
harbored by North America’s great inland seas. For Shevory, and
his readers, his ride is an enlightening, unfailingly engaging
course in the Great Lakes’ place in geological time and the
nation’s history. Along the northern shore of Lake Huron, one
encounters the scrubbed surfaces of the Canadian Shield, the oldest
exposed rock in North America. Growing out of the crags of the
Niagara Escarpment, which stretches from the western reaches of
Lake Michigan to the spectacular waterfalls between Erie and
Ontario, are the white cedars that are among the oldest trees east
of the Mississippi. The lakes offer reminders of the fur trade that
drew voyageurs to the interior, the disruption of Native American
cultures, major battles of the War of 1812, the shipping and
logging industries that built the Midwest, the natural splendors
preserved and exploited, and the urban communities buoyed or buried
by economic changes over time. Throughout The Great Lakes at
Ten Miles an Hour, Shevory describes the engaging characters he
encounters along the way and the surprising range of country and
city landscapes, bustling and serene locales that he experiences,
making us true companions on his ride.Â
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