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Walking Chicago's Coast
A 63-Mile Journey to the Indiana Dunes
Michael McColly (Author)
9781501783142
Paperback / softback, published 15 September 2025
186 pages, 21 b&w halftones - 21 Halftones, black and white
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg
Blending travelogue, memoir, and environmental reportage, Walking Chicago's Coast takes readers on an urban journey. Michael McColly begins his walk at his far–North Side Chicago apartment and proceeds for two long days along the shore of Lake Michigan to the Indiana Dunes National Park. As he walks, McColly reflects on the layers of history, the constructed magnificence, and the troubling divides in this polyglot mecca of the Midwest. From its descriptions of grand parks and architecture to packed sandy beaches to polluted neighborhoods called "sacrifice zones" along industrial waterways and rivers, Walking Chicago's Coast shows how such urban hiking lets one contemplate a city's grandeur and history, confront environmental and social realities, and trigger emotions and memories. Through Superfund sites, brownfields, scrapyards, and industrial ruins, McColly discovers the remarkable patterns of urban nature and the surprising beauty along his path.
I. Beginnings
II. North Side
III. South Side
IV. Into Indiana
V. The Indiana Dunes