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THE WATERS OF STAR LAKE
a novel
H. H. BENNETT, PHOTOGRAPHER; HIS AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
NIGHT SISTERS
a novel
STAR LAKE SALOON & HOUSEKEEPING COTTAGES
a novel
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SELECTED WORKS

Fiction
Fiction -- a sequel to "Star Lake Saloon & Housekeeping Cottages"
Terrace Books, University of Wisconsin Press
Terrace Books, University of Wisconsin Press
Biography
University of Wisconsin Press - 2010
Forthcoming
Fiction / Nonfiction (?)
Fun Nonfiction
Early Nonfiction
Poetry
  • Dancing With a Cowboy
  • Remembering the Wilderness
  • The Cosmic Virgin
  • Whatever Happened to Fats Domino
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    My Works

    The Waters of Star Lake, a novel
    Natalie Waters revisits her family's cabin near Star Lake and succumbs to Ginger's invitations for adventure. Working title: "Nancy Drew in the Northwoods." Pre-publication reviews are enthusiastic! Available from UW Press in May, 2012

    H. H. Bennett, Photographer: His American Landscape
    A vastly revised biography of my much earlier "Pioneer Photographer" (1979), including an abundance of newly discovered Bennett photographs, an enhanced biography and a detailed photographic history of the Kilbourn (Wisconsin Dells) photographer whose work hangs in the Museum of Modern Art and Library of Congress. Published by the University of Wisconsin Press,2010 and Finalist for Midwest Book Award.

    Night Sisters, a novel
    Nell Grendon visits the Wocanaga Spiritual Camp in and finds herself becoming a spirit-medium against her better judgment. When she begins to channel the mischevious spirit of an old radio star known as "The Woman of 1,000 Voices," her troubles multiply and the laughs increase.

    Christine Wicker, author of Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town that Talks to the Dead, says "Sara Rath's portrayal of mediumship's humorous moments is laugh-out-loud funny. She captures a side of Spiritualism that few outsiders are aware of and that no story about it can be complete without."
    Also available on Kindle.

    Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages: a novel
    Terrace Books - University of Wisconsin Press: September, 2005.

    “With a wicked sense of humor, Rath's work exudes a practical and earthy optimism...Often hilarious, and always engaging."-- Trudy Lewis, University of Missouri–Columbia.
    Also available on Kindle.

    Solitarie
    Achsa Sprague - Vermont poet, activist, Spirit Medium... and sister to Celia Sprague Steen who moved to Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin to teach school in 1854. If this becomes fiction it will be told from Celia's point-of-view. This project is currently in limbo.

    The Complete Pig
    Voyageur Press (2000)
    Leslie Cross Nonfiction Award, Council for Wisconsin Writers, 2000. An affectionate and eccentric collection of entertaining information re: Pigs!


    The Complete Cow
    Voyageur Press (1998) -- A global view of the cow as icon; light-hearted yet serious history of cows of the world with beautiful full-color illustrations.

    About Cows
    Northword Press (1987); Voyageur Press (2000) -- 60,000 copies sold internationally; an affectionately humorous look at the Mother of the Human Race.

    Early works: Pioneer Photographer; Easy Going Guide to Madison & Dane County
    Pioneer Photographer: Wisconsin's H. H. Bennett, Tamarack Press (1979) - My firsts real book: a biography of Henry Hamilton Bennett, 19th century landscape photographer from Wisconsin Dells.
    Award of Merit, Wisconsin Historical Society.

    Easy Going Guide to Madison & Dane County has been long out of print, but it was a fun book with lots of historical details and amusing trivia. Written before word-processors were readily available, it was a true cut&paste effort. Once in a while copies can be found on used book sites.

    Poetry Collections
    Dancing With a Cowboy, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters (1991) -- Fourth collection of poems, praised by critics for "sensory and sensual exuberance...clarity, intensity and accessibility."

    Remembering the Wilderness, Northword Press (1984). Named the 1984 Banta Award Book by the Wisconsin Library Association for the finest literary achievement of the year by a Wisconsin author.

    The Cosmic Virgin, Wisconsin House (1973) - Poems

    Whatever Happened to Fats Domino, & Other Poems, Wisconsin House (1971)
    The Waters of Star Lake - another visit to Wisconsin's northwoods with adventure and excitement. "Enormously readable. The audience that enjoyed Star Lake Saloon will come back for more, and those who start this novel will want to enjoy the first one. Visiting the North as Sara Rath recreates it is a welcome treat.” —Jim Fleming, reader for “Chapter a Day” on Wisconsin Public Radio

    H.H. Bennett, Photographer -- His American Landscape, available October 1, 2010

    Photo by Henry Hamilton Bennett of his son, Ashley, leaping the chasm at Stand Rock near Wisconsin Dells. A startling photo taken with Bennett's new "instantaneous shutter" in 1886.

    NIGHT SISTERS, a novel. Don't let the haunting cover fool you; it's a humorous look at Spiritualism and coming-of-age in a small town.

    Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages,, a novel. Hannah Swann fights her fear of the Northwoods and an International Mining Company.

    About Cows, long out of print but sold 0ver 60,000 copies world-wide.

    The Complete Cow, a huge success and still selling.

    The Complete Pig, given rave reviews by the New York Times Book Review and the Los Angeles Times. Go Figure.

    An oldie but goodie. I loved the cover!