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In homage to Michael Lesy's cult classic, <em>Wisconsin</em> <em>Death</em> <em>Trip</em>, 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.
| Title |
Dispatches from the Drownings Reporting the Fiction of Nonfiction / B.J. Hollars. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press |
| Manufacture |
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE |
| Creation Date |
2014 |
| Notes |
Collection of the press coverage of drownings chiefly in the Eau Claire Region, Wisconsin, 1875-1922. Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188). English |
| Content |
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 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 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 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 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 Boy Drowns at Rice Lake - June 29, 1906 |
| Extent |
1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2014. |
| National Library system number |
997010715190905171 |
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