Frenchtown chronicles of Prairie du Chien : : history and folklore from Wisconsin's frontier / / edited by Mary Elise Antoine and Lucy Eldersveld Murphy.
"Albert Coryer, the grandson of a fur trade voyageur-turned-farmer, had a gift for storytelling. Born in 1877, he grew up in Prairie du Chien hearing tales of days gone by from his parents, grandparents, and neighbors who lived in the Frenchtown area. Because his mother's first language wa...
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| Place / Publishing House: | [Madison, Wisconsin] : : Wisconsin Historical Society Press,, [2016] 2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 pages) :; illustrations, maps |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- About the text
- Part 1. Rural life
- Short stories handed down to me, Albert Coryer, by my parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Coryer and Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Langford
- Part 2. Frenchtown people and culture
- Florence Bittner's interview with Albert Coryer
- Part 3. Voyageurs' world
- The life of Julian Coryer
- Part 4. Supernatural stories
- Coryer's ghost stories and a conversation about faith cures
- Appendix.