Dispatches from the Drownings Reporting the Fiction of Nonfiction / B.J. Hollars.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollars, B. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drowning victims--Press coverage--Wisconsin--Eau Claire Region.

Drowning victims.

Drowning--Press coverage--Wisconsin--Eau Claire Region.

Drowning.

Wisconsin--Eau Claire Region.

Eau Claire Region (Wis.)--History--20th century.

Eau Claire Region (Wis.).

Eau Claire Region (Wis.)--History--19th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188).

Collection of the press coverage of drownings chiefly in the Eau Claire Region, Wisconsin, 1875-1922.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8263-5504-8

OCLC:

885208684