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James Brakken's ANNOTATED EARLY LIFE AMONG THE INDIANS, the 1892 Memoir of Benjamin G. Armstrong Tales of Indian wars, animal encounters, treaty problems, Indian lore, & more. Penned by Ben Armstrong, an 1850s trader & trusted friend of the Ojibwe people who writes of his fascinating encounters. Includes: Tales of Chief Buffalo; Indian councils with Presidents Fillmore & Lincoln; Lost silver mines; Fur trade troubles; Indian laws & customs; Sioux & Ojibwe wars; The Battle of the Brule, & more. This is a first-hand account of life among the Ojibwe people in the mid- to late-1800s. Armstrong was so beloved by the people of the five Lake Superior bands of Ojibwe that they honored him with possession of a special peace pipe created for and used by President Fillmore in a special ceremony in the Oval Office. The pipe was never again used and is now on display at the Red Cliff Tribal Museum. For his generosity, the tribes gave Armstrong his choice of any one square mile of land in their territory. He chose Minnesota Point, vacant in 1854 when he chose it, but now called the City of Duluth. This book includes many wonderful tales told by Armstrong of his life in the north during the mid- to late 1800s. It's an amazing look at life back then and the people who made the region what it is today. Illustrated. All ages. 222 pages.

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Some of James Brakken's Awards 2nd PLACE: AMAZON BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL AWARDS, out of 10,000 novels entered worldwide in 2013! 1st PLACE: Wisconsin Writers Assn. JADE RING competition. 2015 1st PLACE: LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS AWARD: 2013, 2014, 2016 Critical reviews of James Brakken's 12 books and more than 140 short stories and poems: Wonderfully written .... Compelling A good piece of writing with suspense and action ... Jerry Apps, award-winning Wisconsin author Brakken vivifies the tumultuous nature of 19th-century life in the legendary north woods. Michael Perry, NYT bestselling Wisconsin author A fascinating tale ... Rip-roaring action ... So well-written. Difficult to put down; a great read. Publisher's Weekly Magazine The writing style of this piece is its greatest strength. The flow of the words is like an old fashioned song. Amazon Books It's the dialog and characters that drive The Treasure of Namakagon, a book that, ... in the 1950s, would likely be sitting at or near the top of the best seller's lists. James Brakken is determined to make a go of this series, and ... he's made a fan of this reader. Writer's Digest Book Awards Judge Wisconsin history buffs will find this book a treasure in itself. An exciting adventure for all ages. Waldo Asp, AARP Chairman Open with caution. You won't want to put this one down. LaMoine MacLaughlin, President, Wisconsin Writers Assn. I thoroughly enjoyed it! Larry Meiller, Wisconsin Public Radio Saving Our Lakes & Streams should be required reading for all state, county, and town officials, for those who plan a career in natural resources, and for everyone who treasures water recreation. Dan Small, Public TV's Outdoor Wisconsin James Brakken has captured all of the current science, technology, and leadership necessary to preserve our lakes and streams. Mary Platner, Founder & Past-president of Wisconsin Lakes

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"Bayfield County, Wisconsin author, James Brakken, began writing in college when ""Muskie Madness,"" his story of a fishing trip with his father, appeared in Boy's Life Magazine in 1974. More articles followed in Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, School Arts, and other publications.His first novel, The Treasure of Namakagon (2012), features a boy in an 1883 northern Wisconsin lumber camp and Chief Namakagon's legendary lost silver mine. The suspicious 1886 death of Namakagon and the 1846 disappearance of a Sault Ste. Marie murder fugitive led to two more novels, Tor Loken & the Death of Chief Namakagon (2013) and The Secret Life of Chief Namakagon (2014), where Brakken solved a 168-year-old cold case when he proved Chief Namakagon was actually John Falcon Tanner, the adventurer and war hero who'd vanished in 1846. Brakken's Annotated Early Life Among the Indians (2016) documents the existence of Chief Namakagon's silver mine and offers many great 1800s Lake Superior tales.Treasure won 2nd place out of 10,000 worldwide entries in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. Brakken also received the 2013, 2014, and 2016 Lake Superior Writers Award and the coveted Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring for his collection, The Moose and Wilbur P. Dilby plus 36 Fairly True Tales from Up North (2015). His 2nd short story collection is Billyboy, the Corner Bar Bear plus 36 Fairly True Tales from Up North (2017).Brakken earned statewide recognition for conservation as reflected in his Saving Our Lakes & Streams: 101 Practical Things You Can Do Today (2016). Brakken offers discounts of this book to conservation clubs and lake associations. Alias Ray Olson (2017) is a true-crime thriller that exposes the truth behind the June 1939 homicides in Sawyer County and Wisconsin's largest-ever manhunt. It's a close look at the perceived guilt of a man convicted in the press and hunted by hundreds. Brakken's INFAMOUS (2019) is another true-life, north woods crime novel from the 1930s. It chronicles John Henry Seadlund's rise to Public Enemy #1 in only 4 years. DARK: A Campfire Companion (2012) is an illustrated collection of 56 of the author's delightfully frightening short stories and poems. It's ideal for dark and stormy nights or for reading under the blankets by flashlight.Brakken's 3rd short story collection brings the total number of heart-rendering, illustrated stories to over 110. 45 Fairly True Tales from the Old Corner Bar offers hilarious tales of life way back when. It's a must-read for anyone who's ever been ""up north.""Brakken's most recent fact-based novel, Thornapple Girl (2020), chronicles the life of Myra Dietz, a young woman caught up in her father's 1910 struggle against lumber barons who denied him of his earnings. It is accompanied by the long overdue publishing of Myra's lost 1929 memoir. Of Brakken's writing, Publisher's Weekly Magazine and Amazon Books said, ""A great read,"" and ""the flow of words is like an old fashioned song."""

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