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Book

Island folk : the people of Isle Royale

Call Numbers

  • 977.4997 O391 (CEN)
  • H 977.4997 O391 (CEN)

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Edition

1st University of Minnesota Press ed.

Publication Information

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Physical Description

ix, 172 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

Notes

"Originally published in 1979 by Isle Royale Natural History Association, Houghton, Michigan"--T.p. verso.

Contents

  • Preface : then and now
  • A pinch of history
  • John T. Skadberg
  • Ingeborg Holte
  • Einer Ekmark
  • Stanley Sivertson
  • Roy Oberg
  • Milford and Myrtle Johnson
  • The McPherrens
  • Glen Merritt
  • Grant Merritt
  • Elizabeth Kemmer, E.K
  • Westy and Bylo Farmer
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Howard "Buddy" Sivertson
  • Pete Edisen
  • Elaine Rude
  • A typical herring net setup
  • Lake trout, whitefish, and ciscoe nets
  • A typical hook-line system.

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