▁"... a ▁very ▁compet ent ▁regional ▁historian ▁who ▁based ▁his ▁historical ▁writing ▁upon ▁research ▁in ▁the ▁primary ▁documents ▁and ▁who ▁regularly ▁sought ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁profession als ... ▁. " ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁for ew ord ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁re issue ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁by ▁The ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin ▁Press , ▁Thompson ▁concluded : ▁" No ▁other ▁writer , ▁of ▁whatever ▁background ▁or ▁training , ▁knew ▁and ▁understood ▁his ▁particular ▁' cor ner ▁of ▁the ▁earth ' ▁better ▁than ▁August ▁Der le th ." ▁ ▁Der le th ▁wrote ▁several ▁volumes ▁of ▁po ems , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁bi ograph ies ▁of ▁Z ona ▁G ale , ▁Ralph ▁Wal do ▁Em erson ▁and ▁Henry ▁David ▁Th ore au . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁introdu ctions ▁to ▁several ▁collections ▁of ▁classic ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁com ics , ▁such ▁as ▁B uster ▁Brown , ▁Little ▁N emo ▁in ▁Sl umber land , ▁and ▁Kat zen j ammer ▁K ids , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁book ▁of ▁children ' s ▁poetry ▁entitled ▁A ▁Boy ' s ▁Way , ▁and ▁the ▁for ew ord ▁to ▁T ales ▁from ▁an ▁Indian ▁L odge ▁by ▁P he be ▁Jew ell ▁Nich ols . ▁Der le th ▁also ▁wrote ▁under ▁the ▁nom s ▁de ▁pl ume ▁Stephen ▁Gr end on , ▁Ken y on ▁Hol mes ▁and ▁T ally ▁Mason . ▁ ▁Der le th ' s ▁papers ▁were ▁don ated ▁to ▁the ▁Wisconsin ▁Historical ▁Society ▁in ▁Mad ison . ▁ ▁Bibli ography