She was born and died on a marshy spit of land known as Blackhawk Island near Fort Atkinson.
The introverted daughter of a carp fisherman, she spent most of her life on a flood-riven plain in southern Wisconsin. Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970) was a poet of eminent endowment whose life and work were long cloaked in anonymity.
Refurbished to its 1917 setting, furnished with period antiques, the museum showcases North’s desk, typewriter, photos, books and many family artifacts and memorabilia. In 1963 North completed the book Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era. Set in 1917 when he was 11-years-old, the best-selling book chronicles a boy’s fondness for and friendship with a pet raccoon in the fictitious “Brailsford Junction.” The home, which is open from April 5 through December 20, Sunday afternoons 1:00 to 4:30 p.m., may be toured by appointment. In Edgerton, Wisconsin, tourists with the most bookish of bents will enjoy visiting the landmark boyhood home and museum of Sterling North (1906-1974), world-famous author of Rascal, So Dear to my Heart, The Wolfling, and 28 other works. In this article you’ll take a winding journey, from Pepin to Kenosha, on the path to discover Wisconsin’s unique ancestry of literary landmarks, storybook attractions, and scholarly sites, and how the unstoppable spirit of a few of its residents came to heavily influence the tenor of mythical Americana. Wisconsin has produced many influential authors and dramatists and served as the source for many great fictional bodies of work. As hard as it may seem at times to give reasons for, there is more to learn about and excite the sentiment in the Badger State above and beyond milk and cheese (regardless of how deliciously impressive) and the Green Bay Packers (notwithstanding stunning Super Bowl success).
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