Environmental Politics and the Creation of a Dream is a book about establishing the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in northern Wisconsin. Written by Harold C. Jordahl, Jr., in collaboration with Annie L. Booth, this book recounts the remarkable story behind the creation of the national lakeshore. The Apostle Islands are a beautiful archipelago of twenty-one islands in Lake Superior off the northern tip of Wisconsin. Harold Jordahl was one of the primary advocates for designating the islands as a National Park and preserving its natural beauty for posterity.Through his own personal recollections and those of other prominent figures, Jordahl discloses how activists, legislators, media, local residents, and others shaped the islands’ future establishment as the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.