- Date
- 1970-12
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritageseasonal-lifecommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1970 Beaver Beacon reprinted James S. Pooler’s Christmas story “When Santa Missed the Boat for Beaver Island,” an Island-set account of winter isolation, handmade gifts, and community traditions.
Evidence and limits
This record documents the publication and its framing as a remembered story. It does not independently verify every historical episode in the reprint.
Sources
- Reprints Pooler’s Island-set Christmas story, introduced as a true story from his boyhood and framed around winter isolation, the mail boat, local crafts, and community Christmas traditions; the issue says Pooler had died since the previous printing.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reprinted publication.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reprints James Pooler’s “When Santa Missed the Boat,” 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-james-pooler-santa-missed-boat-reprint-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1970, “When Santa Missed the Boat for Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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