By Jim Vosper
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Jim Vosper was born in 1920. He and his parents, ravaged by The Depression, were forced to move to a cottage on Bois Blanc Island in the Straits of Mackinac. They lived there year-round from 1929 to 1936, leading a nearly pioneer existence – hunting, fishing, and storing necessities for the long, hard winters.
The Vospers engaged in such forgotten practices as cutting massive blocks of ice from Lake Huron, moving them to shore, and packing them in sawdust to refrigerate perishables through the summer; opening snowed-in roads from homestead to homestead to relieve the winter isolation; and hunting deer and rabbits to keep food on the table. The book recounts dramatic survival tales of life on the water, and sketches the interesting people that lingered on and visited the island from its logging heyday to midcentury. In addition to year-round residents seeking refuge like the Vospers, the island was the summer escape for automotive titans such as the Briggs and Fisher families, among others.
Illustrated with historic photographs.
Jim Vosper was born in 1920. He and his parents, ravaged by The Depression, were forced to move to a cottage on Bois Blanc Island in the Straits of Mackinac. They lived there year-round from 1929 to 1936, leading a nearly pioneer existence – hunting, fishing, and storing necessities for the long, hard winters.
The Vospers engaged in such forgotten practices as cutting massive blocks of ice from Lake Huron, moving them to shore, and packing them in sawdust to refrigerate perishables through the summer; opening snowed-in roads from homestead to homestead to relieve the winter isolation; and hunting deer and rabbits to keep food on the table. The book recounts dramatic survival tales of life on the water, and sketches the interesting people that lingered on and visited the island from its logging heyday to midcentury. In addition to year-round residents seeking refuge like the Vospers, the island was the summer escape for automotive titans such as the Briggs and Fisher families, among others.
Illustrated with historic photographs.
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