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Casper Jaggi

Author : Jerry Apps
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870205226
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Casper Jaggi written by Jerry Apps and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered why Swiss cheese has holes? You'll find out in this story about a Swiss cheese maker named Casper Jaggi. Casper Jaggi was only six years old when his father taught him how to make cheese in the Swiss Alps. In 1913, Jaggi left Switzerland in search of new opportunities in the United States. Like many other Swiss, he settled in Green County, Wisconsin, where the rolling hills dotted with grazing cows reminded him of home. And soon, he'd be turning cow's milk into cheese, just as he did in Switzerland. The book opens the doors to Jaggi's Brodhead Swiss Cheese Factory - largest factory of its kind in Wisconsin in the 1950s. Archival photos help illustrate, step-by-step, the process Jaggi and his workers followed to transform 2,000 pounds of milk in a copper kettle into a 200-pound wheel of Swiss cheese. Jaggi was one of the many European immigrants who helped establish Wisconsin's reputation for delicious cheese. The artisan cheese makers crafting award-winning cheeses today are continuing this rich tradition in America's Dairyland.

More Than Words

Author : Jerry Apps
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870209981
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book More Than Words written by Jerry Apps and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2022-10-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this combination memoir and craft book, award-winning author Jerry Apps shares the next phase in his life story begun in Limping through Life and Once a Professor. Beginning with a boyhood surrounded by storytellers, Jerry takes readers along on his path to becoming one of the Midwest’s best-known and most revered writers. In characteristic no-nonsense style, he shares the joys, disappointments, and frustrations of the writing life and describes the genesis and creation of many of his best-known books. In recounting his nearly six-decade writing career, Jerry provides an insider’s view into the creative process, delving into sources for ideas, research strategies, and guidelines and essential tools for writing. Along the way he recalls his relationships with publishers, editors, TV producers, librarians, booksellers, and others and shares a scrapbook’s worth of stories—some funny, some heartwarming, a few of them harrowing—from the road. A book for book lovers!

Proceedings of the Wisconsin Cheese Makers' Association Annual Convention

Author : Wisconsin Cheese Makers' Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Wisconsin Cheese Makers' Association Annual Convention written by Wisconsin Cheese Makers' Association and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Caroline Quarlls and the Underground Railroad

Author : Julia Pferdehirt
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870205218
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Caroline Quarlls and the Underground Railroad written by Julia Pferdehirt and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 4th, 1842, Caroline Quarlls left family, friends, and the only life she'd known behind in St. Louis, Missouri. As the child of a slave mother and a slave-owner father, her young life was one of drudgery and obedience until that fateful Independence Day when she illegally took a steamboat across the Mississippi River from St. Louis to Alton, Illinois, in the hope of reaching freedom. With the help of abolitionists, the 16-year-old traveled through Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan on the Underground Railroad, enduring long, bumpy rides in the bottom of a wagon and taking cover in everything from barrels to potato chutes. Each step of the way, Quarlls was pursued by lawyers paid to retrieve her and bounty hunters greedy for the reward money. Finally, she crossed from Detroit into Sandwich, Canada, where created a new life as a free woman, an exciting but also frightening, experience. Quarlls' story gives young readers a personal snapshot of the tension-filled journey of a runaway slave while illuminating a segment of the complicated history of race in our nation.

Cranberry Red

Author : Jerry Apps
Publisher : Terrace Books
ISBN 13 : 0299247732
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Cranberry Red written by Jerry Apps and published by Terrace Books. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth novel in Jerry Apps’s Ames County series, Cranberry Red brings the story into the present, portraying the challenges of agriculture in the twenty-first century. As the novel opens, Ben Wesley has lost his job as agricultural agent for Ames County. He is soon hired as a research application specialist for Osborne University, a for-profit institution that has developed “Cranberry Red,” a new chemical that promises not only to improve cranberry crop yields but also to endow the fruits with the power to prevent heart disease, reduce brain damage from strokes, and ward off Alzheimer’s disease. Ben must promote the new product to cranberry growers in Ames County and beyond, but he worries whether the promised results are credible. Was Cranberry Red rushed to market? When the chemical does all that the university claims it will do, Ben is relieved . . . until disturbing side effects emerge. Can he criticize Cranberry Red and safeguard farmers and consumers without losing his job, or will Ben’s honesty get him fired while his community continues to get sicker? Finalist, General Fiction, Midwest Book Awards

Ole Evinrude and His Outboard Motor

Author : Bob Jacobson
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870205439
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Ole Evinrude and His Outboard Motor written by Bob Jacobson and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisconsin entrepreneur Ole Evinrude will inspire children in this addition to the Badger Biographies series for young readers, where the story of Ole's invention, from drawing board to factory floor, is told in a reader-friendly format that includes historic images, a glossary of terms, and sidebars explaining how an outboard motor works. Ole Evinrude was born in Norway in 1877 and immigrated to the United States when he was five years old. The Evinrude family settled in Wisconsin and began farming, but it was clear from a very young age that Ole would not follow the family tradition. Ole Evinrude was meant to work with boats. Building an outboard motor was not easy, though - Ole suffered numerous mechanical and financial setbacks along the way. After years of hard work and persistence, the Evinrude motor company was founded and Ole's outboard motors were an instant hit around the world. Ole continued to improve the design of his motor and attracted other entrepreneurs to the area, making Wisconsin the center of the outboard motor industry for decades.

Cris Plata

Author : Maia Surdam
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870206397
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Cris Plata written by Maia Surdam and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised among Mexican American farmworkers, singer-songwriter Cris Plata spoke Spanish, ate Mexican food, and heard Mexican music played by family and friends. He also spoke English, went to school with mostly white children for at least half the year, and grew more familiar with mainstream American culture. Until he was seven, he and his family lived and worked on a ranch near Poteet, Texas. The family became migrant farmworkers, moving from Indiana to Arkansas and Florida before finally settling in Wisconsin in 1966 to work at an Astico farm. This dual language book shares the Plata’s family story of migrant farming, music, and family amid the constant change and uncertainty of migrant life. While hardships—from poor working conditions and low wages to racial prejudice—were constant in Cris Plata’s upbringing, so too was the music that bonded and uplifted his family. After long days in the fields, Cris’s family spent their small amount of free time playing and singing songs from Mexico and South Texas. Cris learned to play the guitar, accordion, and mandolin, beginning to strum when he was just five years old. Today, he writes his own music, performs songs in English and Spanish, and records albums with his band, Cris Plata with Extra Hot. Following Cris Plata’s journey from farm fields to musical stages, the story explores how a migrant, and the son of an immigrant, decided to make Wisconsin his home.

One-Room Country Schools

Author : Jerry Apps
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870207539
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book One-Room Country Schools written by Jerry Apps and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A popular collection of memories and recollections from people who learned at and taught in one-room schools in Wisconsin, including former pupil Jerry Apps, the book’s author.

Curly Lambeau

Author : Stuart Stotts
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870203894
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Curly Lambeau written by Stuart Stotts and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2007-08-18 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Earl "Curly" Lambeau was a young boy growing up in Green Bay in the early 1900s, he and his friends didn't have money for a football. Instead, they kicked around a salt sack filled with sand, leaves, and pebbles. That humble beginning produced a single-minded drive for the figure whose name now graces the Green Bay Packers' stadium. This title in the Badger Biographies series charts the course of Curly Lambeau's career as a flamboyant player and coach, which paralleled the rise of professional football in this country. Lambeau revolutionized the way football is played by legitimizing passing in a game that had previously centered on running. His dedication to popularizing football in Green Bay and in the state helped build the Packer organization into the institution it has become. Yet, he was not without flaws, and this biography presents a full picture of a man whose ambitions complicated his legacy.

A Recipe for Success

Author : Bob Kann
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870203738
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book A Recipe for Success written by Bob Kann and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2006-09-19 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the life and success of Lizzie Kander, who, in 1901, created a cookbook to help young Jewish immigrant girls in Milwaukee learn to cook American food, and her influence in establishing a community center for immigrants to adjust to living in America.

Richard Bong

Author : Pete Barnes
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 087020548X
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Richard Bong written by Pete Barnes and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who would have imagined a farm boy from Wisconsin would be the greatest air hero of World War II? Richard Bong was an athletic and hard-working boy from northern Wisconsin who dreamed of flying from the first time a plane buzzed low over his family farm. When war broke out, he left behind a life of sports, deer hunting, and farm chores to fly the new P-38 Lightning for the Army Air Force. Stationed in New Guinea, Bong shot down a total of 40 Japanese flyers in under three years - beating the record of 26 set by Eddie Rickenbacker in World War I. His accomplishments won this modest pilot the title "Ace of Aces" and a Congressional Medal of Honor awarded by General MacArthur himself. Follow Bong as he navigates his way through basic training, flight school, and life on an overseas army base. Watch as he takes to the skies in his P-38 fighter jet, outflying Japanese aircraft with barrel rolls, dives, and turns. Celebrate as he meets and marries the love of his life back home in Wisconsin, and mourn as his life comes to a swift and unexpected end during an ill-fated training flight in California. Richard Bong: World War II Flying Ace is part of the Badger Biographies series for young readers. The engaging narrative is complemented by an accessible format that includes historic photographs, a glossary of terms, sidebars on life in the military, and suggestions for activities and discussion.

Belle and Bob La Follette

Author : Bob Kann
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 087020520X
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Belle and Bob La Follette written by Bob Kann and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most famous couple in Wisconsin politics, "Fighting Bob" La Follette and his wife, Belle Case La Follette, come to life in the pages of the newest addition to the Badger Biographies series for young readers. In an accessible format that includes historic images, a glossary of terms, and sidebars explaining political concepts, students learn about Progressive politics and reform in the early 20th century through the experiences of this pioneering couple. The father of "Progressive politics," Bob La Follette was famous for digging in his heels when it came to reforming government corruption. He also gained a reputation for fiery speeches on the campaign trail and on the Senate floor. Belle La Follette was political in her own right. The first woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin's Law School, she was an advocate for world peace and an agitator for the women's vote. She was also Bob's most trusted political advisor. Together, the couple raised a family and fought for the changes they believed would make the world a better place.

Tamarack River Ghost

Author : Jerold W. Apps
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299288838
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Tamarack River Ghost written by Jerold W. Apps and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2012-11-02 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When journalist Josh Wittmore moves from the Illinois bureau of Farm Country News to the newspaper’s national office in Wisconsin, he encounters the biggest story of his young career—just as the paper’s finances may lead to its closure. Josh’s big story is that a corporation that plans to establish an enormous hog farm has bought a lot of land along the Tamarack River in bucolic Ames County. Some of the local residents and officials are excited about the jobs and tax revenues that the big farm will bring, while others worry about truck traffic, porcine aromas, and manure runoff polluting the river. And how would the arrival of a large agribusiness affect life and traditions in this tightly knit rural community of family farmers? Josh strives to provide impartial agricultural reporting, even as his newspaper is replaced by a new Internet-only version owned by a former New York investment banker. And it seems that there may be another force in play: the vengeful ghost of a drowned logger who locals say haunts the valley of the Tamarack River.

Harley and the Davidsons

Author : Pete Barnes
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870205358
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Harley and the Davidsons written by Pete Barnes and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This addition to the Badger Biographies series tells the story of four young inventors who shared a dream: to create the best motorized bicycle in America. Their turn of the century aspirations took them from a backyard machine shop to a highly successful business empire - and all in the span of just a few years. With grit, determination, and not a little elbow grease, Bill Harley and the Davidson brothers - Arthur, William, and Walter - used their engineering and machine-shop expertise to continually perfect their designs and present the best possible products to the American public. Along the way they made their mark on the racing circuit and introduced safety measures that continue to this day. After their deaths, their sons and daughters continued this legacy, buying back the company after it changed hands and re-establishing Harley-Davidson as the king of the motorcycle world. From the old Knucklehead, Panhead and Shovelhead motors to the Evolution, Revolution and Twin Cam engines that followed, the story of Harley and the Davidsons remains one of the great success stories of the 20th century.

Mai Ya's Long Journey

Author : Sheila Terman Cohen
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870205382
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Mai Ya's Long Journey written by Sheila Terman Cohen and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Mai Ya Xiong and her family and their journey from the Ban Vinai refugee camp in Thailand to a new life in Madison, Wisconsin, is extraordinary. Yet it is typical of the stories of the 200,000 Hmong people who now live in the United States and who struggle to adjust to American society while maintaining their own culture as a free people. Mai Ya's Long Journey follows Mai Ya Xiong, a young Hmong woman, from her childhood in Thailand's Ban Vinai Refugee Camp to her current home in Wisconsin. Mai Ya's parents fled Laos during the Vietnam War and were refugees in Thailand for several years before reaching the United States. But the story does not end there. Students will read the challenges Mai Ya faces in balancing her Hmong heritage and her adopted American culture as she grows into adulthood.

Mountain Wolf Woman

Author : Diane Holliday
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870203819
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Wolf Woman written by Diane Holliday and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2007-07-13 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the seasons of the year as a backdrop, author Diane Holliday describes what life was like for a Ho-Chunk girl who lived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Central to the story is the movement of Mountain Wolf Woman and her family in and around Wisconsin. Like many Ho-Chunk people in the mid-1800s, Mountain Wolf Woman's family was displaced to Nebraska by the U.S. government. They later returned to Wisconsin but continued to relocate throughout the state as the seasons changed to gather and hunt food. Based on her own autobiography as told to anthropologist Nancy Lurie, Mountain Wolf Woman's words are used throughout the book to capture her feelings and memories during childhood. Author Holliday draws young readers into this Badger Biographies series book by asking them to think about how the lives of their ancestors and how their lives today compare to the way Mountain Wolf Woman lived over a hundred years ago.

Joyce Westerman

Author : Bob Kann
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870206001
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Joyce Westerman written by Bob Kann and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joyce Westerman grew up on a farm in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. As a kid, she cleaned the barn, picked vegetables, and helped her father cut down trees. But what she really loved to do was play baseball. Joyce played ball at recess and with friends whenever she could. She even joined her aunt’s adult softball team when she was only twelve. As Joyce got older, she went to work at a factory in Kenosha. But when World War II broke out, she got a chance to try out for the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Women from all over the country signed up to show off their skills. Only a few were good enough, and Joyce was one of them. For eight years, Joyce travelled around the United Stated playing ball, winning the league championship in her last season. This addition to the Badger Biographies series for young readers tells the story of a woman who lived her dream of becoming a professional athlete. In a time when women had few opportunities for careers, and next to none in professional sports, Joyce and her teammates showed that women have what it takes.