Welcome to the world of autobiographical fiction set against the backdrop of wild Wisconsin. In one year, George closes his long career as multifaceted writer for a daily newspaper, writes an award-winning book with a Great Lakes captain, and becomes critic at large for a CBS-TV affiliate. This is a backdrop for George’s explorations of the wild through 144 color photographs and of the imagination through accounts that visit colorful people and places. All is from the world of author Warren Gerds, a prolific writer across wide fronts.