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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Suggested Reading
Nonfiction

Dune Ecology:
Daniel, Glenda. 1984. Dune Country: A Guide for Hikers and Naturalists. Swallow/Ohio University Press, Athens, OH.

Waldron, Larry. 1993. The Indiana Dunes. Eastern National. Fort Washington, PA.

Watts, May Thielgaard. 1975. Reading the Landscape of America. Macmillan Publishing, New York, NY.

Cultural History:
Engel, Joan G. 1997. The Indiana Dunes Story: How Nature and People Made a Park. The Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund, Michigan City, IN.

Engel, J. Ronald. 1983. Sacred Sands: The Struggle for Community in the Indiana Dunes, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT.

Franklin, Kay and Norma Schaeffer. 1983. Duel for the Dunes: Land Use Conflict on the Shores of Lake Michigan. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL.

Dowd, James (editor). 1999. The Story of a French Homestead. Heritage Books, Baltimore, MD.

Lane, James B. (editor). 1998. Steel Shavings: Tales of Lake Michigan and the Northwest Indiana Dunelands. Vol. 28. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN.

Miller, Martha. 1982. The Chellberg Family: The Chellberg Farm. Shirley Heinze Land Trust, Michigan City, IN.

Moore, Powell A. 1959. The Calumet Region: Indiana's Last Frontier. Indiana Historical Bureau, IN.

Flora and Fauna:
Miller, Martha. 1984. The Indiana Dunes Nature and Coloring Book. Miller Publications, Chesterton, IN.

Pitcher, Emma B. 1987. Up and Down the Dunes. The Shirley Heinze Environmental Fund, Michigan City, IN.

Chaddock, Diane K. 1998. Wildflowers of the Dunes: A Guide to the Common Flowering Plants of the Michigan and Indiana Dunes. Sand Cress Books, Baroda, MI.

Geography:
Holling, Holling C. 1941. Paddle to the Sea. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA

 

Fiction

Leopold, Aldo. 1949. A Sand County Almanac: and Sketches Here and There. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.

Teale, Edwin Way. 1957. Dune Boy: The Early Years of a Naturalist. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, NY.

Altrocchi, Julia C. and Cooley, Julia. 1996. Wolves Against the Moon. Thunder Bay Press.

several plants with lush green growth with very noticable light purple flowers on them  

Did You Know?
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore has more than 1,135 native plant species distributed over six plant communities. Among all the national parks in the United States, it ranks seventh in plant diversity. This is an amazing feat for 15,000+ acres.

Last Updated: September 14, 2006 at 11:09 EST