Observations and essays in a journal format, with images, maps

Words on Water II

Richard Purinton

Island Bayou Press

A look at the life of Chester Hjörtur Thordarson (1867-1945). His career, his family, friends and business associates as seen through letters, documents and photos. A self-taught Icelandic immigrant, foremost electrical inventor, industrialist and bibliophile who developed his private estate on Rock Island, Wisconsin. The only English language book on Thordarson and Rock Island. Includes many maps with over 100 historical images. Available in soft-cover only.

Thordarson and Rock Island C.H. Thordarson and his Lake Michigan Island Estate

Illustrated History (color photos) of the Norwegian replica honoring Washington Island's (Wisconsin Door County) Scandinavian heritage

Island Stavkirke

Glimpses of life through the eyes of a ferryman of thirty years: the transport of passengers, the freight and vehicles, back and forth, to the island and back to the mainland.

Words on Water: A Ferryman's Journal, Washington Island, WI

Cross+Roads Press

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Books by Richard Purinton

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Words on Water II

Thordarson and Rock Island C.H. Thordarson and his Lake Michigan Island Estate

Island Stavkirke

Words on Water: A Ferryman's Journal, Washington Island, WI