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Great Lakes Books Series
Copper Country Journal: The Diary of Schoolmaster Henry Hobart, 1863-1864
Book by Hobart, Henry
346 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1991
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August 27, 2025
The research by Philip P. Mason was brilliant, and everything was well documented. The mine stories are very interesting. I'm giving the book 4 stars just because of all the research and time he put into it. It doesn't seem fair to mark it lower just because Henry Hobert was a pious jerk.
Henry Hobart was, to me, very unlikeable. But he thought he was great. I found him extremely judgemental of most everyone. He would state ridiculous stories as fact. He was very opinionated and righteous. He would state how he disliked a man with certain qualities and then go on to talk about himself, not even realizing he was describing exactly what he didn't like about the other person.
Henry Hobart was, to me, very unlikeable. But he thought he was great. I found him extremely judgemental of most everyone. He would state ridiculous stories as fact. He was very opinionated and righteous. He would state how he disliked a man with certain qualities and then go on to talk about himself, not even realizing he was describing exactly what he didn't like about the other person.
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