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IT HAS ARRIVED, AND I DON’T WANT TO KEEP IT A SECRET!

Hot off the press, Secret Upper Peninsula: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure is now available directly from me. It will soon be showing up in stores and is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble online.

In this book I share 89 stories about people, places, foods, historical events that make the U.P. so unique. Each story is accompanied by photos, a fun fact and more.

TO PURCHASE A BOOK FROM ME:

100 THINGS UPPER PENINSULA: with sales tax and mailing: $21.00.

100 Things Mackinac Island: with sales tax and mailing: $19.00.

SECRET UPPER PENINSULA: with sales tax and mailing: $24.00.

If you would like a copy, please send check for the amount, mailing address and note whether you would like to have the book signed and the name(s) if you’d like a dedication.

Make check payable to: Lines & Letters Communications, PO Box 316, Naubinway, MI 49762.

Thank you!

ABOUT THE BOOK 100 Things to Do in the Upper Peninsula Before You Die:

If there was a Rodney Dangerfield “I don’t get no respect” club, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula would be eligible for membership.

The land north of the Mitten was considered a booby prize when it was awarded to the Michigan territory to settle The Toledo War of 1835-36. Although it occupies a third of the state’s area, the U.P. has been left off many maps, including a Medicaid map of the U.S. on the White House website in 2013.

Lately, though, the U.P. has been popping up on the radar of travel journalists and tourists seeking “new” destinations; it’s the only U.S. locale on Lonely Planet’s list of Best Value places to go for 2017.

And now visitors and locals alike have a homegrown book to help them discover and enjoy 100 Things to Do in the Upper Peninsula Before You Die. When I heard that St. Louis publisher Reedy Press was looking for book subject ideas, I pitched them the Upper Peninsula for the extensive “100 Things” series.

The first edition came out in 2017, and I updated it each year. Now, we have the 2nd edition, with many cool new things added.

Now I’m having a blast with promoting the book, doing signings and corresponding with people who love the U.P. or are curious about it. I hope to inspire visits to the well over 100 places included here, and encourage folks to stop along the way to enjoy so much more that I just couldn’t squeeze into the 160 pages.

I’ve contributed to other books but the U.P. book was my first solo outing. It was so much fun, I wrote 100 Things to Do on Mackinac Island Before You Die (April 2018).

Check here often for sources that carry the books, and my book signing appearances (updated on a regular basis).