Authors find inspiration in the Sleeping Bear

For decades, Robert DeJonge has returned to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore with a camera in hand.

But for his newest book, “While the Bear Was Sleeping: How the Beauty of The Bear Awakened My Imagination,” the landscape was no longer just something to capture; it was something to reinterpret.

“This book is more about imagination and kind of a dream world,” DeJonge said.