The Wisconsin, River of a Thousand Isles

The Wisconsin, River of a Thousand Isles

by August William Derleth

366 pages· 1942· ISBN 9780299103743
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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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