St. Croix Trail Country. Recollections of Wisconsin
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, (1967). [First Edition]. Hardcover. 8vo., illustrated. paper over boards, pp.123, maps, black & white photographs. St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin, is a memoir of the authors youth spent in the Wisconsin lake country. -- Contents: The Island Found - A Forest Colony - Island Caretaker - Iron River - Chippewa Neighbors - Medicine Talk - In The Court - The Wanigan - Tales by Firelight - A Rifle to Cherish - Weekly Musings - Burning Town - Visiting with the Youngs - More Campfire Tales - Epilogue. -- Obituaries of the author taped to the front pastdown. Name (G. W. Purcell) in ink on the front pastedown. Residue of tape on the front pastedown near top of the page. -- Condition. Very good +. Item #10628
"William Gray Purcell (July 2, 1880 – April 11, 1965) was a Prairie School architect in the Midwestern United States. He partnered with George Grant Elmslie, and briefly with George Feick. The firm of Purcell & Elmslie produced designs for buildings in twenty-two states, Australia, and China. The firm had offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Portland, Oregon"-wikipedia.
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