Saving Gitche Gumee

James Hill was born and raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This is his second novel dealing with the politics of environmental protection in northern Michigan. He grew up in a small town within a one-hour drive of three of the five Great Lakes and developed a true passion for northern Michigan, which stayed with him even after he left for Washington, D.C. to pursue his other passion: politics.
Dr. Hill worked first in the U.S. Senate and then the U.S. House of Representatives, where he developed a keen instinct for politics and the political process. Upon his return to Michigan, he drew upon this experience in his role as a university professor and a political consultant on state and federal political campaigns. Dr. Hill worked as a university professor for nearly four decades, researching and publishing academic articles on environmental politics, particularly as they relate to the Great Lakes. After retiring, he and his wife Kathy moved to the Chicago area, where he composed this novel.