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Historical look at the natural history of the Chicago area beginning as far back as the 17th Century when European explorers and settlers first arrived. Along the way Greenberg introduces the physical forces that have shaped the area from southeastern Wisconsin to northern Indiana and Berrien County in Michigan; the various habitat types present in the region and how European settlement has affected them; and the insects, reptiles and amphibians, birds, fish, and mammals found in them, then amidst the settlers and now amidst the skyscrapers.