The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-The-Queen Monarchists of the Gr (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781556527210)

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.

Author: Ted McClelland
ISBN-10: 1556527217
ISBN-13: 9781556527210
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2008
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.54w x 1.05d
Award: Great Lakes Book Awards - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2007 pg. 1191
Booklist 02/01/2008 pg. 15