The Wisconsin, River of a Thousand Isles
Author: August Derleth
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780299103743
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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.