| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 192 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Author's Note; Part One. 1875-1899; A Touching Scene -- June 11, 1875; Exploits of a Pig -- August 31, 1875; Sad Accident Claims the Lives of Four -- April 29, 1876; Another Sad Case of Drowning -- July 14, 1879; Boy Drowned in Half Moon Lake -- June 3, 1880; Body, Doubloons Discovered Along the Banks of the Chippewa River -- March 7, 1884; After Four Months -- April 2, 1885; Sad Case of Drowning -- July 11, 1885; Suicides -- November 26, 1887; Claimed by the Chippewa -- July 30, 1888; A Live Ghost -- June 29, 1891 |
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Where Is He? -- May 8, 1892Like Murder! -- May 29, 1892; Like Murder!-The Watchman's Story -- May 29, 1892; Newlyweds Waterlogged in River -- June 16, 1893; Narrow Escape -- May 20, 1894; Boy Drowned -- May 20, 1894; His Body Found -- February 3, 1895; Met Death By Drowning -- May 11, 1895; Little Boy Drowned -- May 11, 1895; Was It Attempted Suicide -- June 6, 1895; Suicide at Appleton -- April 18, 1896; Body Found -- May 16, 1896; Rescued from a Watery Grave -- June 14, 1896; Unidentified Sea Creature Washes Ashore in the Eau Claire River -- September 10, 1896 |
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New Mother Sacrifices Child to the River -- December 13, 1896Speculators Meet Fate in the Eau Claire River -- May 7, 1897; Family Loses Two to River -- September 13, 1897; A Sad Affair -- June 18, 1898; Attempted Suicide -- April 1, 1899; Boat Regatta Claims Life -- July 10, 1899; Changed His Mind -- July 22, 1899; Part Two. 1900-1906; The Camel Can't Swim -- June 19, 1900; Six Rivermen Drown -- September 17, 1900; Bachelor Party Takes Chilly Turn -- October 11, 1900; Two More Slip Beneath the Ice, Drown -- February 1, 1901; Miraculous Rescue on the Chippewa -- June 29, 1901 |
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Two Boys Drown While Bathing -- July 31, 1901An Old Lumberman Dies -- August 10, 1901; Wolf Hunt Turns Deadly in River -- January 16, 1902; Local Boy Becomes Disoriented in Cave, Drowns -- May 19, 1902; Young Girl Is Drowned -- July 17, 1902; River Claims an Old Pilot -- April 23, 1903; Olssen's Buoyant Brick Sinks, Kills Inventor -- May 19, 1903; Heroic Rescue -- June 24, 1904; Wilson's Body Is Found -- July 7, 1904; Frank Wilson Re-Buried -- July 9, 1904; Narrow Escape from Drowning -- June 1, 1905; Chippewa River Gives Up Dead -- June 6, 1905; Was Drowned at Chippewa -- June 6, 1905 |
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Aftermath of Central Wreck -- June 9, 1905Died While Bathing -- July 4, 1905; Eleven Men Were Drowned -- July 11, 1905; Heroic Effort to Make Rescue -- July 11, 1905; A Corpse Is Found -- July 11, 1905; Recovery of Bodies -- July 11, 1905; Blomquist Boy May Be Drowned -- August 24, 1905; His Absence a Mystery -- August 25, 1905; No Traces Yet of Missing Boy -- August 25, 1905; Drowning Was an Accident -- August 29, 1905; The Last of the Logging Casualties? -- September 25, 1905; Drowned at Glidden -- November 25, 1905; Sailing Party Suffers Tragic Losses in Half Moon Lake -- June 11, 1906 |
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Boy Drowns at Rice Lake -- June 29, 1906 |
| Summary |
In homage to Michael Lesy's cult classic, Wisconsin Death Trip, Hollars pairs reports from late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century journalists with fictional versions, creating a hybrid text complete with facts, lies, and a wide range of blurring in between |
| Notes |
Collection of the press coverage of drownings chiefly in the Eau Claire Region, Wisconsin, 1875-1922 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Drowning -- Press coverage -- Wisconsin -- Eau Claire Region
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Drowning victims -- Press coverage -- Wisconsin -- Eau Claire Region
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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| SUBJECT |
Eau Claire Region (Wis.) -- History -- 19th century
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Eau Claire Region (Wis.) -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Wisconsin -- Eau Claire Region
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826355041 |
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0826355048 |
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1322008469 |
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9781322008462 |
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