The Bark River Chronicles: Stories from a Wisconsin Watershed

Using a canoe trip down a small river in southeastern Wisconsin as its narrative thread, The Bark River Chronicles blends history, archeology, natural science, and analysis of current environmental issues to tell the story of the state, the region, and ultimately much of the country.

About the author

Milton J. Bates has lived most of his life in Wisconsin. After completing a doctorate in English at the University of California-Berkeley, he taught at Williams College and Marquette University, retiring in 2010. He has held a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and Fulbright lectureships in China and Spain. His previous books include studies of the poet Wallace Stevens and of the Vietnam War. He lives with his wife in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Product details

• Authors: Milton J. Bates
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2012
• EAN: 9780870205026
• ISBN: 978-0-87020-502-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 201 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic