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Trapping the Boundary Waters: A Tenderfoot in the Border Country, 1919-1920 (Midwest Reflections) Paperback – March 15, 2000

by Charles Ira Cook Jr. (Author), Harry B. Cook (Introduction)
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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. His how-to descriptions of trapping beaver, mink, and other game are unsurpassed in their detail.

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.

For anyone who loves the Boundary Waters or wonders what this rugged region was like not so long ago, Cook's story reveals a world still ruled by nature but on the brink of change.
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    Midwest Reflections
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    204 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Minnesota Historical Society Press
  5. Publication date
    March 15, 2000
  6. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.6 x 8 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0873513797
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0873513791
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Cook had been in the Army Air Service in World War I and was a restless young man after the war. In the foreword to this book, the author's son, Harry B. Cook, describes how his 27-year-old father and a friend set out in 1919 for a year's journey into the woods of the Minnesota-Ontario border country. They fished, hunted, and trapped and traveled by canoe and dog sled. In the 1950s, after a varied career as a logger, owner of a grocery-store chain and a dairy bar, and worker in the Office of Price Administration in World War II, Cook took a course in writing and typed up an account of his adventure in the wilderness but failed to find a publisher. Decades later, his son has finally taken the edited manuscript to publication. An interesting yarn that tells of Cook's adventures and the people he met, this will be of interest to local history collections in public and academic libraries.DGeorge M. Jenks, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg PA
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Minnesota Historical Society Press; 1st edition (March 15, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 204 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0873513797
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0873513791
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.6 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Lisa Kearns
5.0 out of 5 stars A young man's restlessness leads him to great adventures
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2013
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I've read many books about the Boundary Waters and Quetico Park, my favorites being by Sigurd Olson. I often wish I'd been born a century earlier so I could have seen it before development and tourists over-ran it. According to the epilogue in this book, it's the most-visited park in North America.

Charles Cook, the author, was a restless young man, having just returned from WWI. He tried working at his father's grocery business, but chafed at the yoke of responsibility. He took off during 1919 with his best friend, intent on living in the wilderness and making his living while trapping.

His friend soon got homesick and left him, but Cook remained for a year. He built a cabin, ran a large trap line, and reveled in the beauty of the lakes and forests. Some might be offended by the descriptions of trapping and the author's dealings with the local native population, but his book tells of life the way it was lived in those days.

His book is written as the memoir of an old man looking back, so there are several stories that are pretty obviously tall tales embellished over time. His son wrote the forward to the book, and reminisces about stories his father told when he was a boy. Overall, this is a very enjoyable read and one that every fan of outdoor books will like.
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D Englund
4.0 out of 5 stars Trapping the Boundary Waters
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2012
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I enjoyed this book very much. As someone that enjoys canoeing, I've long wanted to go explore the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. As a trapper, this is a story of the kind of life I can only dream about.
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Lars E. LaVine
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast Paced taste of Northern Minnesota
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2019
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I really love this book which is set in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Also, my dad knew the author's son.
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Col. D
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read for young men
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2016
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Written in a simplistic format that any young man would find enjoyable. Would recommend to any youth interested in adventures.
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MPC
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read.
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2014
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I previously read this book and like it a great deal. I bought another copy as a gift for a relative.
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JRP
5.0 out of 5 stars Trapping the Boundary Waters
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2016
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I ordered this for someone else, but he enjoyed it very much.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Trapper Tale
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2012
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I have read most of the books on this subject. I found it well written, educational and worth the time.
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Scott N. Mcleod
5.0 out of 5 stars This man is no tenderfoot
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2004
The great American writer Hemingway wrote about the "lost generation" the fellows who came back from WWI and wanted more than the nine to five grind. Enter Charles Ira Cook who headed north to Minnesota to get the wilds out of his system on the advice of his father. Charles goes up with a friend who soon enough pines for the city life and goes back. Picking up a local man for a new partner Charles is off again in a highly descriptive book that reads fast and is so enjoyable. I loved the part when Charles and his partner Bill listen in the dark as a weasel chases a mouse around the cabin rafters. The story also shows what to look out for when a weasel doesn't have anymore mice to chase. Charles plunges into these woods with an open heart and his deep love of them. The locals are sometimes over taken by his lust for life as he traps,fishes and describes everything he see's - like a pet beaver that can sit at the supper table and drink from a cup. I only wish he would have wandered futher east into Canada and bumped into Jim Vanderbeck the real life person in Stephen W Meader's book Trap Lines North one I read every year. This is a book I will read again and it comes with a fold out map in the back. If you're after a good read and an adventure this is for you.
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Trapper Dave
5.0 out of 5 stars History at its Best
Reviewed in Canada on December 31, 2016
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Love to read about the old days of trapping the abundance of wildlife and the total lack of other humans. Such a beautiful time to exist and experience nature. A must read of a time long past
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1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
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Bad copy: Pages not cut properly - rough torn edges
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Dustin
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Great book.
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Elsacan
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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A much enjoyed book for my hubby. It brought back memories of life in the far north.
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