Trapping the boundary waters
Subtitle: a tenderfoot in the border country, 1919-1920
By: Charles Ira Cook, Jr. ; with an introduction by Harry B. Cook.
Series: Midwest reflections
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Cook, Charles Ira, 1892-1965.; Pioneers -- Minnesota -- Boundary Waters Canoe Area -- Biography.; Trappers -- Minnesota -- Boundary Waters Canoe Area -- Biography.; Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.) -- Description and travel.; Outdoor life -- Minnesota -- Boundary Waters Canoe Area.; Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "On May 4, 1919, Charlie Cook set off for a year of adventure in the Minnesota-Ontario Boundary Waters. Soon abandoned by his comfort-loving companion, the restless World War I veteran spent an enlightening year learning - often the hard way - how to paddle and sail on windy lakes, hunt and fish for food, bake "rough delicacies" in a reflector oven, and build winter-proof shelters.".

"Cook also found his way into the border community of Ojibwe and mixed-blood families and a motley assortment of mysterious travelers, game wardens, and loners, including trapper Bill Berglund (who "adopted" Cook until the tenderfoot's eagerness to harvest pelts came between them)." "Cook's adventure climaxed in a 700-mile expedition by dogsled north into Canada, where he reached the limits of his endurance - and just barely lived to tell the tale."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 182).