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...
I'm not sure Catalyst gets a dime from these sales, but I could be wrong. Either way, these are all pre-Catalyst.
ReplyDeleteI know Catalyst didn't publish 3rd, but their name is on the Bundle, which I thought was strange. But maybe they have rights to publish pdfs of the old editions? And I think everyone gets paid. BoH gets a cut, the charity gets a cut, and the publisher gets the rest.
ReplyDeleteI just wish that blog post were complete.
ReplyDeleteThere's a part 1, and part 3 coming tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteCatalyst does receive the profit from all sales of Shadowrun material.
ReplyDeleteAh, shitty.
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