Author Releases Third Book In Trilogy About America's Five Great Lakes

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - May 31, 2015 - PRLog -- Battle Creek, Mich. - After traveling 3,000 miles of the Great Lakes region on foot or by kayak, Loreen Niewenhuis is releasing her third book and embarking on a book tour, by car, in the Detroit area and Ann Arbor. The Michigan native recently released “A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure”, an exploration of the diverse islands in the Great Lakes basin. Niewenhuis will visit seven locations giving her dynamic presentation -- featuring videos and photos from her adventure -- about the islands of the Great Lakes. For tour information and schedule visit www.LakeTrek.com

“This island adventure has been the most fascinating journey,” Niewenhuis said. “I had been to several islands in the Great Lakes, but had no idea that there are tens of thousands of islands to explore. I learned the most on this final adventure, and I am thankful to have had the opportunity to undertake these journeys and share them with such an eager readership.”

Niewenhuis’ Detroit area tour:

Thursday, July 9 at the Warren Civic Center Library, One City Square, Suite 100, Warren, at 6 p.m.
Monday, July 13 at the Salem-South Lyon District Library, 9800 Pontiac Trail, South Lyon, at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, July 14 at the Romeo District Library, Kezar Branch, 107 Church Street, Romeo, at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15 at the Plymouth District Library, 223 S. Main Street, at 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 16 at Pages Bookshop, 19560 Grand River, Detroit, at 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 18 at the Ann Arbor District Library, 343 S. Fifth Ave., at 3 p.m.

Always a firm supporter of independent bookstores, Niewenhuis has released her books to independently-owned bookstores before making them available to the larger web-based outlets. Her adventures and books have been featured in USA Today, on NPR, and in Country Woman Magazine among many other outlets.

“We love Loreen’s work here at Brilliant Books (in Traverse City, Mich.)” said store owner Peter Makin, “Not only is she crazy enough to walk 1,000 miles around a Great Lake, but she is talented enough to write a fascinating account of the adventure.  She captures the essence of hiking the Great Lakes shorelines and islands.  Her writing has inspired a lot of readers to follow at least parts of her path.”

“A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure” explores islands in each of the five Great Lakes and many in their connecting waters. From the rugged wilderness of Isle Royale in Lake Superior to the bustling streets of Montreal Island in the St. Lawrence River, Niewenhuis uses her signature humor, sensitivity and knowledge of the ecosystem to craft an engaging and entertaining story.

Niewenhuis began her journey with hiking the perimeter of Lake Michigan in 2009, at 45-years-old, as her sons were heading off to college. Her “mid-life crisis evolved into a mid-life adventure.” She pulled on her Keen boots, backed a backpack and set off from Chicago’s Navy Pier heading east back to Michigan along Lake Michigan’s southern edge. Sixty-four days of hiking and two pairs of boots later, she returned to Navy Pier from the north and had the beginnings of her first book “A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach”. It received numerous awards including Heartland Indie Best-Seller List in 2011 and Best Non-Fiction Beach read 2012.

For her second book, released in 2013, “A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Walk” she hiked portions of the shoreline of all five Great Lakes. This book takes the reader on a ground-level journey through the beauty, history and ecology of the Great Lakes. This book earned her a “Great Lakes Great Reads” award in 2013.

Loreen Niewenhuis’ Detroit book tour for her third book “A 1,000-Mile Great Lakes Island Adventure” is July 9 - 18. At each event she will give a dynamic presentation about the islands of the Great Lakes. For tour information and schedule visit www.LakeTrek.com.

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