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La Pointe Village Outpost on Madeline Island
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La Pointe Village Outpost on Madeline Island Paperback - 2000

by Ross, Hamilton Nelson

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Madison WI: State Historical Society Press, 2000. Paperback. As New. 200pp. "...this document helped persuade Congress to preserve the Apostle Islands in perpetuity. La Pointe was a frontier settlement...the equivalent of a metropolis during the fur-trade era. This edition makes available a classic of WI history."; 6 x 9
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  • Title La Pointe Village Outpost on Madeline Island
  • Author Ross, Hamilton Nelson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd
  • Condition New
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State Historical Society Press, Madison WI
  • Date 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 16770
  • ISBN 9780870203213 / 0870203215
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 0.56 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 1.42 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Geographic Orientation: Wisconsin
  • Library of Congress subjects La Pointe (Wis.) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00038799
  • Dewey Decimal Code 977.521

About the author

Hamilton Nelson Ross, a native of Beloit, became acquainted with the village of La Pointe in 1894 when he first visited Madeline Island as a boy. In the years that followed, he explored the Apostles, his curiosity piqued by stories he heard about the history of the region, and began his lifelong search for the historical truth that lay behind folklore and legend. Better than anyone before or since, he came to know the islanders and their lives intimately.

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