ABOUT THIS BOOK

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.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

August W. Derleth (1909–1971) sold his first story at fifteen and was an established author by the time he graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1930. Among his some 150 published works are volumes of poetry, fiction, biography, children's stories, and criticism. Although a nationally acclaimed master of suspense and supernatural tales, the Sauk City native was devoted to his regional writing, of which The Wisconsin and Walden West are shining representatives.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Introduction

Thompson, William F.

I.
The Mark of History

1.
DISCOVERY

2.
THE BLACKROBES

3.
PERROT

4.
FIRST SETTLEMENT

5.
MESKOUSING TO WISCONSIN

6.
DOWNSTREAM

II.
White Men and Red

1.
CONFIDENTIAL AGENT

2.
RED BIRD

3.
FORT WINNEBAGO

4.
BLACK HAWK

5.
WAU-BUN

6.
FOUR MEN OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN

III.
Always the Land

1.
HUNGARIAN COUNT

2.
TWIN VILLAGES

3.
EARTH HEAVY ON THE PLOW

4.
THE CANAL

IV.
Timber!

1.
DAN WHITNEY

2.
INDUSTRY NORTH

3.
HOP INTERLUDE

4.
LUMBERJACKS AND RIVER RATS

5.
TALL TALES

6.
THE OLD MEN REMEMBER

V.
The River Tamed

1.
POWER

2.
OLD BOB

3.
BADGER ORDNANCE

4.
AN END TO WASTE

VI.
Vacationland

1.
THE DELLS OF THE WISCONSIN

2.
THE CAVES

3.
VILLA LOUIS

4.
STRANGERS IN THE VALLEY

VII.
River Men and Lore

1.
CANVAS, PRINT, AND STORIES HANDED DOWN

2.
A BIBLE IN THE ROOM

3.
BIRD-BILL KNOTTER

4.
THE PROPHET JENKIN

5.
FRONTIERSMAN IN HISTORY

6.
BIG TOP

7.
THE SHINING BROW

8.
PEOPLE OF THE VALLEY

VIII.
This is the Wisconsin

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index

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