Root Beer Lady: The Story Of Dorothy Molter

by Bob Cary

Overview

An ice-cold glass of root beer and a warm welcome greeted thousands of weary paddlers who stopped at the Isle of Pines to meet Dorothy Molter, the courageous, independent woman who became a North Woods legend. Bob Cary, Dorothy’s longtime friend, captures her life and spirit in Root Beer Lady.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780816641963
Publisher:	University of Minnesota Press
Publication date:	06/14/2002
Edition description:	First edition
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	440,218
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Bob Cary, author, journalist, and wilderness guide, is senior editor of the Ely Echo. He and his wife, Edie, live near Ely, Minnesota, on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Table of Contents

	The Discovery	1
	Moving North	11
	Living off the Land	19
	Nightingale of the Wilderness	31
	Winter the Hard Way	41
	The "Loneliest Woman"	57
	The Snowmobile Era	69
	Dorothy's Angels	81
	Bruno, Brunella & Family	95
	Winter Letters	105
	Neighbors, Wise and Otherwise	117
	Cap	131
	Ice-cold Root Beer	141
	The Knife Lake War	153
	The Final Chapter	167
	Epilogue	177