PART 2 OF 3 MAY 15 - 17, 2019 "BETTER SHUT YOUR MOUTHS" -- THE YEAR 1919
ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018-19 May 15-17, 2019 "BETTER SHUT YOUR MOUTHS" ABOVE – The peace of Fox Island. Capra photo taken from the ruins of the Kent cabin. The last sentence Rockwell Kent writes in Wilderness – Ah God,- and now the world again! – is not without special significance. He has experienced 1919 – that world he returned to – as he completes the final draft of his book which hit the bookstores in 1920 to coincide with a show of his Alaska paintings. Rockwell Kent is most likely getting some of this information about 1919 world and national events on his visits to town. The Seward Gateway provides good coverage; most of the front page consists of these stories, and another full page inside gives briefs on a variety of events. Then, there would be the talk over dinner and entertainment while visiting the Roots, the Brownells and others, as well as general discussion around town