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Jerry Dennis

Born

Flint, Michigan, The United States

Website

http://jerrydennis.net

Genre

Nonfiction, Travel

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Jerry Dennis was born in Flint in 1954, and grew up in rural northern Michigan. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Louisville in 1981, after attending Northern Michigan University and Northwestern Michigan College.

As he began his writing career, he worked as a carpenter for five years. To date, he has written for many publications. Journalistic assignments sent him to Iceland, Chile, and extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Dennis married during this time to Gail. They currently live on the shores of Lake Michigan, not far from Traverse City.

Since 2000 he has been on the faculty of the University of Michigan's Bear River Writers Conference, where he teaches creative non-fiction and nature writing ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 2,806 ratings · 380 reviews · 41 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas 4.24 avg rating — 1,883 ratings — published 2003 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Windward Shore: A Winter on the Great Lakes 4.09 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons 4.33 avg rating — 147 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's Raining Frogs and Fishes: Four Seasons of Natural Phenomena and Oddities of the Sky 3.85 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1992 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Place on the Water: An Angler's Reflections on Home 4.21 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From a Wooden Canoe: Reflections on Canoeing, Camping, and Classic Equipment by Jerry Dennis, Glenn Wolff (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bird in the Waterfall: A Natural History of Oceans, Rivers, and Lakes by Jerry Dennis, Glenn Wolff (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River Home: An Angler's Explorations 4.23 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canoeing Michigan Rivers: A Comprehensive Guide to 45 Rivers, Revised and Updated 4.29 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Walk in the Animal Kingdom: Essays on Animals Wild and Tame (The Wonders of Nature Book 3) by Jerry Dennis, Glenn Wolff (Illustrator) 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There's relief in not having to be outside. No gardening, no mowing the lawn, no tyranny of long daylight hours to fill with productive activity. We rip through summer, burning the hours and tearing up the land. Then snow comes like a bandage, and winter heals the wounds.”
― Jerry Dennis

tags: farming, michigan, snow, winter

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“I asked him what he thought of the Great Lakes now.
I'm surprised at how much seamanship is required to sail them. I always thought they were for wussies, that only the oceans were worthy of tough guys like me. But in the ocean there's not much to hit, it mostly requires endurance. These lakes can kick your ass.”
― Jerry Dennis, The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas

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“Constancy is nothing but a languishing and wavering dance”
― Jerry Dennis, The Windward Shore: A Winter on the Great Lakes

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