Eugene H. Ware

Presque Isle State Park stretches seven miles into Lake Erie and represents one of the most beautiful undeveloped stretches of land in North America. Eugene Ware’s book Is a photo essay of the history of this unique piece of real estate. From wildlife sanctuary, to military staging area to commercial hub to family playground, Presque Isle has a diverse history. The photography is culled from more than 100 years and gives a powerful perspective. Ware provides a certain amount of the history in commentary to each photo, but the book really doesn’t provide the kind of narrative that could have elevated the book to a real treasure. As it stands, this book does document the diverse pictorial history of Presque Isle and that is valuable in itself.… (plus d'informations)