Author | : August Derleth |
File Size | : 52,5 Mb |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 25 April 1985 |
ISBN | : 0299103749 |
Pages | : 396 pages |
The Wisconsin River of a Thousand Isles by August Derleth Book PDF Summary
A classic account of the Wisconsin River's early exploration by French traders and Jesuit priests through the 1940s. Mixing folklore and legend, Derleth tells of the Winnebago, Sauk, and Fox peoples; of lumberjacks, farmers, miners, and preachers; of ordinary folks and famous figures such as the Ringling Brothers, Chief Blackhawk, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Zona Gale.