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.
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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.
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Add this copy of The Wisconsin; River of a Thousand Isles to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Second Life Books Inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lanesborough, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1942 by Farrar & Rinehart.
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John Steuart Curry. 8vo, pp. 366. Includes index. Illustrated by John Steuart Curry. Dj flap pasted on blank; ex library with bookplate, pocket and stamps. VG. A history of the Wisconsin River: its explorers, settlers, traders and empire-builders.
Add this copy of The Wisconsin: River of a Thousand Isles (the Rivers of to cart. $45.00, very good condition, Sold by The Book House - Saint Louis rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from St. Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1942 by Farrar & Rinehart.
