Monday, July 17 through Friday, July 28, 2023. Read by Susan Sweeney.
On Big Spider Lake near Hayward, Wisconsin is a cabin that has seen five generations of family visit, all of them fondly remembered by the author. Wake Robin was built by the author’s grandparents near the close of the logging era in 1929, on land adjacent to Moody’s Camp, and owned by the family into the modern era of palatial lake homes, condos, and Jet Skis. By tracing the history of one resort and cabin and one family’s time there, Mamminga recalls a time and experience
(Wisconsin Historical Society Press ISBN-10: 0870204912)
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