My Journey into the Wilds of Chicago

My Journey into the Wilds of Chicago: A Celebration of Chicagoland's Startling Natural Wonders
Author Mike MacDonald
Illustrator Mike MacDonald
Country United States
Language English
Genre Coffee Table Book
Publisher Morning Dew Press
Publication date
 Dec. 21, 2015
Media type Print
Pages 240 pp (first edition)
ISBN 978-0-9963119-0-8

My Journey into the Wilds of Chicago is a coffee table book authored by Mike MacDonald, with forewords by Bill Kurtis and Stephen Packard.[1] The book is a visual and educational journey through the prairies, savannas and nature preserves of the Chicagoland area.[2]

The book contains more than 200 landscape photographs and nearly two dozen essays and poems written by MacDonald about Chicago's wild side, ranging in geography from the lakefront to prairie lands just north of the border, to Kankakee, Lockport, Batavia and McHenry County.[3]

Reception

The book was positively received, including a review from Publishers Weekly, which said of My Journey into the Wilds of Chicago, "this impressive, cloth-bound debut is a lucid perspective on the prairie and its native plants and animals; it is celebratory, soulful and poetic, evoking a strong affection for Chicago's unchecked wilderness in a city best known for its iconic lakefront and skyscrapers."[4]

Influence

My Journey into the Wilds of Chicago served as the basis for the website ChicagoNatureNow.com! The website is a digital catalog of Chicago's forest preserves, and provides updates of the area's natural events.[5]

References

  1. ↑ MacDonald, Mike (2015). My Journey into the Wilds of Chicago. Downers Grove, Illinois: Morning Dew Press. ISBN 978-0-9963119-0-8.
  2. ↑ Di Nunzio, Miriam (March 26, 2016). "Sunday Sitdown: Photographer journeys to the 'wilds of Chicago'". Chicago Sun Times. Sun Times. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ Silets, Alexandra; Palmore, Rebecca (January 5, 2016). "Photographer Captures the 'Wilds of Chicago' in New Book". WTTW Website. WTTW. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Review: My Journey into the Wilds of Chicago: A Celebration of Chicago- land's Startling Natural Wonders". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz, LLC. April 4, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Homepage". Chicago Nature Now!. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
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