From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Tom Gintner James LaManna I'm going to bring this to Gen Con along with my sewer dungeon tiles.
ReplyDeleteThe Osprey booth is on my "to visit" list in Indy just so I can pick up a copy of this.
ReplyDeleteI have sewer tiles too. I can bring them in case you want a cornucopia of sewer tiles. Let me know.
ReplyDeleteI have a ton of tiles plus a vinyl sewer map, Tom. Save some room in your car.
ReplyDeleteMichael Curtis I couldn't stand to wait on this. I'll have to make it up adding to my collection of Napoleonic Navy Osprey books.
ReplyDeleteSweet. I'm probably gonna pick this up at the con. Casey, if you have any light and easy terrain that you can bring, please do. I'll bring a small box worth but it may not be enough if we want to play.
ReplyDeleteI also put together 5 warbands with D&D minis last night for anyone to use, I'll print out sheets and spell cards for them all too.
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