Book
A child of the sea, and life among the Mormons. By Elizabeth Whitney Williams.
Record details
- Physical Description: 229 p. front., pl., port. 20 cm.
- Publisher: Harber Springs, Mich., E.W. Williams, 1905.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Life on Beaver Island and at other places near Lake Michigan, with an account of the "Mormon kingdom" on Beaver Island. |
| Summary, etc.: | At the age of twelve, Frank G. O'Brien (1843-1920) moved from Maine to Minnesota with his father and siblings, settling in Anoka County in 1855. After a difficult winter, the family moved to St. Anthony's Falls where O'Brien spent his adolescence combining a variety of manual and entrepreneurial jobs with education. Minnesota Pioneer Sketches is a collection of newspaper feature articles written by O'Brien that are here published in book form. The articles describe his own youth as well as notable events during the second half of the nineteenth century in Minnesota. He discusses farming, transportation, the U.S. mail, politics, Indians, the Civil War, religious practices, lumber camps, education, and other topics associated with pioneer life and the growth of the state. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Beaver Island (Mich.) Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856. Mormons > Michigan. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at GRPL.
