Accidental Paradise Book

Inspired by an October moonrise that was viewed from Presque Isle, this amazing story reaches back into geological time, and traces the history of a place that locals and visitors have come to know as their "peninsula."  Dr. David Frew and Jerry Skrypzak combine story-telling and amazing photography to create a stunningly beautiful book.  "Accidental Paradise" answers questions as it details natural and human history.  Where did the sand come from?  Did Eriez Indians live there? How did the process of succession grow the peninsula and what happened on Presque Isle before it became a state park?  Who decided how and where the roads should be engineered and why did Erie's Water Department own much of the center of the peninsula? Were War of 1812 sailors really buried in Graveyard Pond? The book arrives at the 100th anniversary of Presque Isle State Park (1921 to 2021) and as the title suggests, it documents the good fortune that has repeatedly saved the peninsula from disaster.  Earl