Creative Nonfiction
Saving Arcadia

Wayne State University Press, 2017
ISBN 978-0814342046

A creative nonfiction book likely to “wow audiences”

For people who love wild places.
~ Booklist, starred review

  • Michigan Notable Book Award 2018
  • Eric Hoffer Award “Environment” Finalist
  • Indie Next Generation Winner- Environment
  • Soon to be available as an audio book

Saving Arcadia is the page-turning tale of everyday people fighting for the land they love.

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A suspenseful and intimate land conservation adventure story set in the Great Lakes heartland. The story follows a band of determined townspeople who rally to save a magnificent sand dune from a powerful corporation. Saving Arcadia is that rare thing: an environmental story with a happy ending.

Called an environmental action thriller, Saving Arcadia offers hope and much-needed inspiration to those who love the natural world. With a cast of sweet, quirky characters drawn from real life, the story gives a human face to the changing nature of land conservation in the twenty-first century.

Saving Arcadia is the page-turning tale of everyday people fighting for the land they love.

Reviews

"On a troubled planet, it is stories like this that provide deep and abiding hope. This is a lovely book." - Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy

"Formidably and accessibly tackling a very complex story, this will appeal to people who love wild places and want to see them preserved." - Booklist, starred review

“Likely to please crowds and wow audiences. This work of creative nonfiction may be among the year’s best pieces of environmental drama. Accounts like these are what turn ordinary people into environmental activists.” - Foreword

“I highly recommend this book to everyone who cares not just about the Great Lakes but about the importance of preserving land and water for the well-being of all living things.”     - Jerry Dennis, author of The Living Great Lakes

"Heather Shumaker's love affair with Arcadia and the people of the region suffuses each page and produces a compelling story, often heart stopping and always heartwarming."       - Carl Levin, retired U.S. Senator

What Readers Say

“I am sitting by a Montana river and I should be fly fishing, but instead I am finishing your wonderful book. I can’t put it down.”

“I bought this book after I read it. Not the normal process, but this is not a normal book. A compelling story, masterfully told.”

“Reads like a novel! I never imagined a nonfiction book could be such a page-turner. I loved it.”

“This book reads like an action thriller. It’s fascinating and mesmerizing. I couldn’t put it down, and neither could my husband.”

Saving Arcadia

Wayne State University Press, 2017

ISBN 978-0814342046

 

A creative nonfiction book likely to “wow audiences”

For people who love wild places.
~ Booklist, starred review

  • Michigan Notable Book Award 2018
  • Eric Hoffer Award “Environment” Finalist
  • Indie Next Generation Winner- Environment
  • Soon to be available as an audio book

Saving Arcadia is the page-turning tale of everyday people fighting for the land they love.

 

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