Trapping the Boundary Waters: A Tenderfoot in the Border Country, 1919-1920 (Midwest Reflections)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (766 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0873513797 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
On May 4, 1919, Charlie Cook set off for a year of adventure in the Minnesota-Ontario Boundary Waters. His how-to descriptions of trapping beaver, mink, and other game are unsurpassed in their detail.Cook also found his way into the border community of Ojibwe and mixed-blood families and a motley assortment of mysterious travelers, game wardens, and loners, including trapper Bill Berglund (who "adopted" Cook until the tenderfoot's eagerness to harvest pelts came between them).Cook's adventure climaxed in a 700-mile expedition by dogsled north into Canada, where he reached the limits of his endurance—and just barely lived to tell the tale.For anyone who loves the Boundary Waters or wonders what this rugged region was like not so long ago, Cook's story reveals a world still ruled by nature but on the brink of change.. Soon abandoned by his comfort-loving companion, the restless World War I veteran spent an enlightening year learning—often the hard way—how to paddle and
Good read for young men Col. D Written in a simplistic format that any young man would find enjoyable. Would recommend to any youth interested in adventures.. "This man is no tenderfoot" according to Scott N. Mcleod. The great American writer Hemingway wrote about the "lost generation" the fellows who came back from WWI and wanted more than the nine to five grind. Enter Charles Ira Cook who headed north to Minnesota to get the wilds out of his system on the advice of his father. Charles goes up with a friend who soon enough pines for the city life and goes back. Picking up a local man for a new partn. "A young man's restlessness leads him to great adventures" according to Lisa Kearns. I've read many books about the Boundary Waters and Quetico Park, my favorites being by Sigurd Olson. I often wish I'd been born a century earlier so I could have seen it before development and tourists over-ran it. According to the epilogue in this book, it's the most-visited park in North America.Charles Cook, the author, was a restless young man, having just returned from WWI. He tried
An interesting yarn that tells of Cook's adventures and the people he met, this will be of interest to local history collections in public and academic libraries.DGeorge M. They fished, hunted, and trapped and traveled by canoe and dog sled. Decades later, his son has finally taken the edited manuscript to publication. Cook, describes how his 27-year-old father and a friend set out in 1919 for a year's journey into the woods of the Minnesota-Ontario border country. From Library Journal Cook had been in the Army Air Service in