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THE BIG WATER Lake Minnetonka and Its Place in Minnesota History

door Frederick L. Johnson

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Written by Minnesota authors Frederick L. Johnson and Thomas U. Tuttle; foreword written by Minnesota author Don Shelby. Magnificent Minnetonka, a gem in the Land of Ten thousand Lakes, is arguably Minnesota's greatest lake outside Superior. Its history is a story worth telling, and Frederick L. Johnson has done that in the lively, entertaining and well-researched The Big Water: Lake Minnetonka and Its Place in Minnesota History. Johnson's sweeping narrative uses the words of the lake's history makers - their business records, diaries, personal papers and letters, public documents and contemporaneous news accounts - to assemble a wide-ranging look at events and historical trends that shaped the Lake Minnetonka story. The lake's lasting reputation as a place of beauty for relaxation and fun is presented. Legendary hotels, summer villas of the wealthy and modest cabins of cottagers, exclusive country clubs, status as a fishing retreat, the role of the lake in American yacht racing history, Big Island Park and Excelsior Amusement Park all receive deserved attention. Life at the lake wasn't always so easy. Charlotte Brake's 1857 plea to her husband, "Do let us leave the terrible lake country," was honored. The great financier James J. Hill looked at the balance sheet for his Lake Minnetonka steamboat fleet and scribbled on it, "I would rather sell the whole outfit." The melancholy background story of the Hermits Halstead, with accusations of murder and the mysterious third hermit who lived on Crane Island, is told. Intricate links between Minneapolis and Lake Minnetonka, political and social, are carefully considered. The lake's well-educated, affluent young women played important roles in breaking down Victorian Age dictums. Its "Summer Girls" fought outmoded social rules and revolutionized swim fashion; as "wheelwomen" (bicycle riders) and "Auto Girls," they broke through more societal barriers; as suffragettes, they fought for the right to vote. Minnesota's reputation for rugged winters played its part in the Lake Minnetonka story. The Kansas City Journal noted in August 1887: "Minnesota's 30-day summer is nearly at an end. Soon summer tourists will skate across Lake Minnetonka and make their way to the railroad station on snow shoes." Narrative history with a novelist's touch, The Big Water makes for rewarding reading. - Dust jacket.… (meer)
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Written by Minnesota authors Frederick L. Johnson and Thomas U. Tuttle; foreword written by Minnesota author Don Shelby. Magnificent Minnetonka, a gem in the Land of Ten thousand Lakes, is arguably Minnesota's greatest lake outside Superior. Its history is a story worth telling, and Frederick L. Johnson has done that in the lively, entertaining and well-researched The Big Water: Lake Minnetonka and Its Place in Minnesota History. Johnson's sweeping narrative uses the words of the lake's history makers - their business records, diaries, personal papers and letters, public documents and contemporaneous news accounts - to assemble a wide-ranging look at events and historical trends that shaped the Lake Minnetonka story. The lake's lasting reputation as a place of beauty for relaxation and fun is presented. Legendary hotels, summer villas of the wealthy and modest cabins of cottagers, exclusive country clubs, status as a fishing retreat, the role of the lake in American yacht racing history, Big Island Park and Excelsior Amusement Park all receive deserved attention. Life at the lake wasn't always so easy. Charlotte Brake's 1857 plea to her husband, "Do let us leave the terrible lake country," was honored. The great financier James J. Hill looked at the balance sheet for his Lake Minnetonka steamboat fleet and scribbled on it, "I would rather sell the whole outfit." The melancholy background story of the Hermits Halstead, with accusations of murder and the mysterious third hermit who lived on Crane Island, is told. Intricate links between Minneapolis and Lake Minnetonka, political and social, are carefully considered. The lake's well-educated, affluent young women played important roles in breaking down Victorian Age dictums. Its "Summer Girls" fought outmoded social rules and revolutionized swim fashion; as "wheelwomen" (bicycle riders) and "Auto Girls," they broke through more societal barriers; as suffragettes, they fought for the right to vote. Minnesota's reputation for rugged winters played its part in the Lake Minnetonka story. The Kansas City Journal noted in August 1887: "Minnesota's 30-day summer is nearly at an end. Soon summer tourists will skate across Lake Minnetonka and make their way to the railroad station on snow shoes." Narrative history with a novelist's touch, The Big Water makes for rewarding reading. - Dust jacket.

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