Books with author John Riley

North America's Great Lakes country has experienced centuries of upheaval. Its landscapes are utterly changed from what they were five hundred years ago. The region's superabundant fish and wildlife and its magnificent forests and prairies astonished European newcomers who called it an earthly paradise but then ushered in an era of disease, warfare, resource depletion, and land development that transformed it forever. The Once and Future Great Lakes Country is a history of environmental change in the Great Lakes region, looking as far back as the last ice age, and also reflecting on modern trajectories of change, many of them positive. John Riley chronicles how the region serves as a continental crossroads, one that experienced massive declines in its wildlife and native plants in the centuries after European contact, and has begun to see increased nature protection and re-wilding in recent decades. Yet climate change, globalization, invasive species, and urban sprawl are today exerting new pressures on the region?s ecology. Covering a vast geography encompassing two Canadian provinces and nine American states, The Once and Future Great Lakes Country provides both a detailed ecological history and a broad panorama of this vast region. It blends the voices of early visitors with the hopes of citizens now.

An account of a young girl growing up in Manchester between 1939 and 1948, taking in family tragedies.scandals and domestic situations.In a time before television when access to a radio was determined by whether there was enough money to re-charge the accumulator, children and adults were far more innocent than today and families closer.This is the story of my life and family just before and after the second World War. c

Three young cousins spend the last week of summer vacation on their grandparent's farm. While helping search for a neighbor's missing cattle, they stumble upon the trail of a ruthless gang of livestock thieves. The three gather clues to aid in a police investigation and, when they find themselves in harm's way, must rely on their wits to save themselves.