Reviews
"To [Ted McClelland], the North is a state of mind, and it is the Great Lakes region that fuels his imagination." -Chicago Tribune, "Is there a Great Lakes culture? Damned straight, and Ted McClelland nails it." --Jerry Dennis, author, The Living Great Lakes and A Place on the Water, " The Third Coast is much like the place it chronicles: interesting, not at all ostentatious, and a great amount of fun." --Tom Bissell, author, The Father of All Things, Captures a slice of North Americana with the precision of a Walker Evans photograph, and sentences worthy of John McPhee." —Neal Pollack, author, Alternadad, "A very good read. I learned more about the Great Lakes region from it than I had in a half century of living in Michigan." -The Bay City Times, "The Third Coastis much like the place it chronicles: interesting, not at all ostentatious, and a great amount of fun." -Tom Bissell, author,The Father of All Things, " The Third Coast is much like the place it chronicles: interesting, not at all ostentatious, and a great amount of fun." -Tom Bissell, author, The Father of All Things, "To [Ted McClelland], the North is a state of mind, and it is the Great Lakes region that fuels his imagination." —Chicago Tribune, " The Third Coast is much like the place it chronicles: interesting, not at all ostentatious, and a great amount of fun." --Tom Bissell, author, The Father of All Things, Captures a slice of North Americana with the precision of a Walker Evans photograph, and sentences worthy of John McPhee." -Neal Pollack, author, Alternadad, "To [Ted McClelland], the North is a state of mind, and it is the Great Lakes region that fuels his imagination." -Chicago Tribune, "To [Ted McClelland], the North is a state of mind, and it is the Great Lakes region that fuels his imagination." --Chicago Tribune, "Is there a Great Lakes culture? Damned straight, and Ted McClelland nails it." -Jerry Dennis, author,The Living Great LakesandA Place on the Water, " The Third Coast is much like the place it chronicles: interesting, not at all ostentatious, and a great amount of fun." —Tom Bissell, author, The Father of All Things, "A very good read. I learned more about the Great Lakes region from it than I had in a half century of living in Michigan." — The Bay City Times, "To [Ted McClelland], the North is a state of mind, and it is the Great Lakes region that fuels his imagination." --Chicago Tribune, "A very good read. I learned more about the Great Lakes region from it than I had in a half century of living in Michigan." -- The Bay City Times, "A very good read. I learned more about the Great Lakes region from it than I had in a half century of living in Michigan." -- The Bay City Times, "Is there a Great Lakes culture? Damned straight, and Ted McClelland nails it." --Jerry Dennis, author, The Living Great Lakes and A Place on the Water, "Is there a Great Lakes culture? Damned straight, and Ted McClelland nails it." —Jerry Dennis, author, The Living Great Lakes and A Place on the Water, "The author struts an extensive knowledge of the area that makes this a must for fans of travel literature." -- Kirkus Reviews, "The author struts an extensive knowledge of the area that makes this a must for fans of travel literature." - Kirkus Reviews, "Is there a Great Lakes culture? Damned straight, and Ted McClelland nails it." -Jerry Dennis, author, The Living Great Lakes and A Place on the Water, Captures a slice of North Americana with the precision of a Walker Evans photograph, and sentences worthy of John McPhee." --Neal Pollack, author, Alternadad, Captures a slice of North Americana with the precision of a Walker Evans photograph, and sentences worthy of John McPhee." -Neal Pollack, author,Alternadad, Captures a slice of North Americana with the precision of a Walker Evans photograph, and sentences worthy of John McPhee." --Neal Pollack, author, Alternadad, "A very good read. I learned more about the Great Lakes region from it than I had in a half century of living in Michigan." - The Bay City Times, "Captures a slice of North Americana with the precision of a Walker Evans photograph, and sentences worthy of John McPhee." -Neal Pollack, author,Alternadad, "The author struts an extensive knowledge of the area that makes this a must for fans of travel literature." — Kirkus Reviews, ""The Third Coast" is much like the place it chronicles: interesting, not at all ostentatious, and a great amount of fun." --Tom Bissell, author, "The Father of All Things", "The author struts an extensive knowledge of the area that makes this a must for fans of travel literature." -- Kirkus Reviews, "The author struts an extensive knowledge of the area that makes this a must for fans of travel literature." -Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Chronicling the author's 10,000-mile "Great Lakes Circle Tour," this travel memoir seeks to answer a burning question: "Is there a Great Lakes culture, and if so, what is it?" Largely associated with the Midwest, the Great Lakes region actually has a culture that transcends the border between the United States and Canada. United by a love of encased meats, hockey, beer, snowmobiling, deer hunting, and classic-rock power ballads, the folks in Detroit have more in common with citizens in Windsor, Ontario, than those in Wichita, Kansas--while Toronto residents have more in common with Chicagoans than Montreal's population. Much more than a typical armchair travel book, this humorous cultural exploration is filled with quirky people and unusual places that prove the obscure is far more interesting than the well known., Chronicling the author's 10,000-mile "Great Lakes Circle Tour," this travel memoir seeks to answer a burning question: Is there a Great Lakes culture, and if so, what is it? Largely associated with the Midwest, the Great Lakes region actually has a culture that transcends the border between the United States and Canada. United by a love of encased meats, hockey, beer, snowmobiling, deer hunting, and classic-rock power ballads, the folks in Detroit have more in common with citizens in Windsor, Ontario, than those in Wichita, Kansas--while Toronto residents have more in common with Chicagoans than Montreal's population. Much more than a typical armchair travel book, this humorous cultural exploration is filled with quirky people and unusual places that prove the obscure is far more interesting than the well known.
