Ely echoes [[electronic resource] ] : the portages grow longer / / written and illustrated by Bob Cary

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784139603321
• Autore: Cary Bob
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Duluth Minn., : Pfeifer-Hamilton, c2000
• ISBN: 0-8166-9994-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Collana: Minnesota
• Disciplina: 977.6/77; B
• Soggetti: Country life - Minnesota - Ely; Ely (Minn.) Social life and customs; Ely (Minn.) Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Portions of this book first appeared in The Senior reporter and The Ely echo."
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Genesis; We Didn't Know There Was a Depression; They Called it World War II; Typewriter North; The Best Kind of Work; Living in the Land of the Ojibwe; A Tribal Matter
• Sommario/riassunto: Striding exuberantly into the 21st century, Bob Cary recounts memorable experiences of the 20th century: fun-filled boyhood escapades during the Depression, anecdotes from the war years, tales of guiding dignitaries in the BWCAW, verbal snapshots of intriguing friends and neighbors up north, reflections on becoming a bridegroom in his seventies.