May 25, 2022 | Author Houses, Indiana, Literary Landscapes, Nature, Novelists, Volume 8
Lew Wallace Grand Kankakee MarshPorter County, Indiana By Matthew A. Werner Indiana once had one of the greatest natural habitats in North America: the Grand Kankakee Marsh. Author Lew Wallace loved it so much, he kept a houseboat on its thruway, the Kankakee River....
Oct 17, 2021 | Author Houses, Literary Landscapes, Nature, Nonfiction, Volume 6, Wisconsin
Aldo Leopold The Leopold ShackBaraboo, Wisconsin By Marc Seals I am not a Midwestern native — I was raised in the woods and swamps of north Florida, far from the Driftless Region of Wisconsin (where I now live). As a result, I was not familiar with Aldo Leopold or his...
Oct 6, 2021 | Graves, Literary Landscapes, Ohio, Poets, Volume 5
SARAH MORGAN BRYAN PIATT William Henry Harrison TombNorth Bend, Ohio By Sean Andres It’s not hard to find something of historical significance in the Cincinnati area, but many people don’t even think about North Bend. The town was founded by John Cleves Symmes,...
