The Diary of an Isle Royale School Teacher
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (889 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 093528902X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 138 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The diary of an Isle royale School teacher" according to april bartz. This was an excellant book on how harsh a winter could be on an isolated island in lake Superior. An easy book to read and, very interesting about life in general. A must read book.. Fire Boy said Like a captivity narrative with the U.S. economy as the captor.. Fascinating read. Hard to set down. The journaling of one rugged, winter in the isolation of a stormy physical and severely limited social environment extracting their toll on a single mother and child, far from the familiarity of home and family during the depression of the early twenti. Jeff Porter said Life during the Depression on a remote island, Isle Royale!. The diary gives a flavor of life for a period of time during the depression. The fact that she was on Isle Royale seems to be secondary as opposed to her impressions of the island. However, it is a good read.
. From the Publisher The swings of emotion, the ups and downs of spirit, and the sometimes intemperate personal remarks recorded, give this diary the reality of Isle Royale as it was then--wonderous, awe inspriting, beautiful and majestic but countered by the isolation, the sometimes claustrophobic atmosphere, the weariness the immensity of the task, the very real hardships
She accounts with honesty and humor the challenges she faced during her eight months as a teacher for a fisherman's family in 1932 - 33.. In this private journal Dorothy Simonson tells of the joys and hardships of a winter spent on Isle Royale