Research Catalog

Title

Up north : St. Louis's summer colonies on Lake Huron in the golden age of travel / Douglas Scott Brookes.

Author

Brookes, Douglas Scott, 1950-

Publication

• St. Louis : Missouri History Museum, 2013.
• [Chicago] : Distributed by University of Chicago Press

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Details

Additional Authors

Missouri History Museum, issuing body.

Description

224 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Focusing on the popularity of Lake Huron beaches with St. Louisans between 1880 and 1950, Up North brings together local newspaper columns and excerpts from letters and diaries to paint a vivid portrait of life at these summer resorts. Douglas Scott Brookes weaves together his family's experiences with the larger story of the rise of vacationing in America"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• 1800-1999
• Vacations > Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.) > History > 20th century
• Manners and customs
• Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.) > Social life and customs > 19h century
• Huron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.) > Social life and customs > 20th century
• Saint Louis (Mo.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
• Saint Louis (Mo.) > Social life and customs > 20th century
• Lake Huron Region
• Missouri > Saint Louis

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 221) and index.

Contents

Summer loafing, Lake Huron style -- The elegent Windermere -- Dining in, dining out -- The beckoning lake -- Lolling, frolicking, mingling -- Chapel bells -- Mishap, misadventure, and woe -- Bringing in the (right) crowds -- Getting there, leaving there -- The muse strikes ... out? -- Appendix A : How to spend your vacation -- Appendix B : Where were they from?

ISBN

• 9781883982744
• 188398274X

LCCN

2013006965

OCLC

• ocn829446020
• 829446020
• SCSB-1683357

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library