Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: The National and State Context for the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore -- 1. The Apostle Islands in Historical Context -- 2. The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Political Context: State and Federal Initiatives -- 3. A New Era in Wisconsin: Gaylord A. Nelson and Conservation -- Part Two: Establishing the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore -- 4. The 1960s Road to a Lakeshore: The Decade of Planning, Bureaucratic Obfuscation, and Politics -- 5. The Blowup-Or, Do We Have a Lakeshore? -- 6. Long Island at Last -- Part Three: Issues and Policy Studies -- 7. Planning the Lakeshore -- 8. The Role of Politics in Establishing the Lakeshore -- 9. The Sellers of Dreams: The Role of the Media in Supporting the Lakeshore -- 10. The Local Citizens and the Lakeshore -- 11. The State and the Apostle Islands -- 12. The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and the Native Americans -- Part Four: Conclusions -- 13. Reflections -- Appendix One: A Chronology of Significant Events Regarding the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore -- Appendix Two: Identification of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Participants -- Appendix Three: Bills on the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore -- Notes -- Index.