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Once upon an Isle: The Story of Fishing Families on Isle Royale | 
| Author: Howard Sivertson
Publisher: Wisconsin Folk Museum
Category: Book
List Price: $20.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 695229
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 111
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 9.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0962436933
Dewey Decimal Number: 977.4997042
EAN: 9780962436932
ASIN: 0962436933
Publication Date: June 1, 1992
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Condition: The book is clean but may have highlights.
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Product Description
Howard Sivertson's autobiographical first book focuses on the life he was born into - growing up in a fishing family on the remote island of Isle Royale. In these 40 paintings he depicts seasons and holidays, boats and the buildings. All show the world of family togetherness as it used to be.
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A Beautiful Little Book April 19, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
It is the happiest of chances for us that a boy who lived a very unique childhood grew up to be an illustrator. Howard Sivertson spent a good portion of his childhood living in a fishing colony on primeval Isle Royale, a remote wilderness paradise in northern Lake Superior. Though it is now a U. S. National Park, Isle Royale was for more than one hundred years home to commercial fishermen, a hardy breed who spent most of each year battling primitive living conditions and the unforgiving freshwater sea. Sivertson remembers much beauty and humor in life among the small tough Scandanavians. Prone to seasickness, Sivertson left the family fishing trade to make a living as an illustrator. Now in his later years, he has brought his childhood idyll to life in his lovingly rendered paintings and the simple stories which accompany them. Though this book may almost strike you as a childrens' story, the beauty and childlike simplicity of it cannot fail to move you.
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