Richard Bissell reminiscences, 1971.

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Richard Bissell reminiscences, 1971.

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A reminiscent account of life in northern Minnesota from the early 1920s through the 1940s, including descriptions of automobile trips from Duluth to Grand Portage, Lutson, and other points on the North Shore and of a trip to Isle Royale, brief character sketches of some area residents, and comments on Sinclair Lewis' Duluth residency (1943-1945).

6 p.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951

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Sinclair Lewis (b. Feb. 7, 1885, Sauk Centre, MN–d. January 10, 1951, Rome, Italy) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. ...

Bissell, Richard, 1913-1977

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Richard Bissell (1913-1977) was an American author, playwright and critic. In addition to his literary pursuits, Bissell also worked in the Venezuelan oil fields, as a seaman, a factory superintendent, and as a river pilot on the upper Mississippi and Monongahela Rivers. Originally from Dubuque, Iowa, Bissell graduated from Harvard University in 1936, married Marian Van Patten Grilk in 1938, and had four children: Thomas, Nathaniel, Anastasia, and Samuel. Some of his well-known works include the...