They opened the house to the public in a replicated status to match the era of the book. In 1992 a nonprofit group, the Sterling North Society, bought the house. That was the beginning, and slowly the movement gained momentum. They petitioned the government of Edgerton to create a sign at the house. In 1980, elementary students that had read the story collected money. North's stoic house is white and green with two imposing stories. The story (Rascal), which has a lot of funny animal characters, is a point of pride for the people here. You can feel by the brick buildings and old houses that it was the center of the tobacco industry in the 20th century. That's the tower where Poe the crow hid a ring.' She was talking about the trickster crow (from the story) that would take anything shiny.Įdgerton is a quiet town of 5,000 people. She said, 'Second house after turning at the church. Home of Sterling North.' I asked the woman working at the town hall where the North Home was.

Thirty minutes after you leave Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, there is a sign along the interstate with a humorous picture of a raccoon stating, 'Next Exit Edgerton. It was translated for the Sterling North Society by Bill & Mika Conway. correspondent to the newspaper who had visited the Home and Museum. It was written by Kazuo Nagata of Washington, D.C. This article appeared in The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest national daily newspaper since 1874. Rascal by Sterling North - Araiguma Rasukaru - Rascal the Raccoon - Little Rascal Still Appears

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