Border country : the northwoods canoe journals of Howard Greene, 1906-1916 /
Greene, Howard, 1864-1956,
Border country : the northwoods canoe journals of Howard Greene, 1906-1916 / [edited by] Martha Greene Phillips ; foreword by Peter Geye. - xxxvii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The Wisconsin River, 1906 -- The St. Croix River trip, 1907 -- The Gang on the Presque Isle River, 1909 -- The rambles of the Gang in the rainy lake country, 1910 -- The rambles of the Gang on the Dawson Trail, 1911 -- The Gang and the Pigeon Outfit, 1914 -- Pack and paddle from Tower to Ranier, 1915 -- The Chippewa River trip, 1916.
Border Country" is a collection of the remarkable, handmade journals from businessman Howard Greene?s early 1900s canoe trips to the north woods of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Canada. Reproduced with numerous photographs and maps, these journals are a window into a world at once familiar and strange, the wilderness caught on the verge of becoming the North Woods we know today.
9781517901073 1517901073
40027569940
13247724
2017006623
Greene, Howard, 1864-1956 --Diaries.
Greene, Howard, 1864-1956 --Travel--Middle West.
Canoes and canoeing--History--Wisconsin--20th century.
Canoes and canoeing--History--Minnesota--20th century.
Canoes and canoeing--History--Michigan--20th century.
Canoes and canoeing--History--Canada--20th century.
Middle West--Description and travel.
Border country : the northwoods canoe journals of Howard Greene, 1906-1916 / [edited by] Martha Greene Phillips ; foreword by Peter Geye. - xxxvii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The Wisconsin River, 1906 -- The St. Croix River trip, 1907 -- The Gang on the Presque Isle River, 1909 -- The rambles of the Gang in the rainy lake country, 1910 -- The rambles of the Gang on the Dawson Trail, 1911 -- The Gang and the Pigeon Outfit, 1914 -- Pack and paddle from Tower to Ranier, 1915 -- The Chippewa River trip, 1916.
Border Country" is a collection of the remarkable, handmade journals from businessman Howard Greene?s early 1900s canoe trips to the north woods of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Canada. Reproduced with numerous photographs and maps, these journals are a window into a world at once familiar and strange, the wilderness caught on the verge of becoming the North Woods we know today.
9781517901073 1517901073
40027569940
13247724
2017006623
Greene, Howard, 1864-1956 --Diaries.
Greene, Howard, 1864-1956 --Travel--Middle West.
Canoes and canoeing--History--Wisconsin--20th century.
Canoes and canoeing--History--Minnesota--20th century.
Canoes and canoeing--History--Michigan--20th century.
Canoes and canoeing--History--Canada--20th century.
Middle West--Description and travel.