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Odd Wisconsin

Author : Erika Janik
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870205412
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Odd Wisconsin written by Erika Janik and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Bob La Follette's exploits as leader of progressive politics are legendary, his early morning exertions to save valuable government documents and executive department paintings during the disastrous 1904 capitol fire are largely unknown - until now. Odd Wisconsin captures the Wisconsin people, places, and events that didn't make it into conventional state histories, lowering a bucket into the depths of Wisconsin history and bringing to light curious fragments of forgotten lives. This unique book unearths the stories that got lost to history even though they may have made local headlines at the time. No mythical hodags or eight-legged horses here! Odd Wisconsin features strange but true stories from Wisconsin's past, every one of which was documented (albeit by the standards of the day). These brief glimpses into Wisconsin's past will surprise, perplex, astonish, and otherwise connect readers with the state's fascinating history. From "the voyageur with a hole in his side" to "pigs beneath the legislature," Odd Wisconsin gathers 300 years of curiosities, all under the radar of traditional stories.

Haunted Wisconsin

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811740846
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Haunted Wisconsin written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisconsin's leading authority on the paranormal presents strange stories from around the state.

Strange Wisconsin

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781931599856
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Strange Wisconsin written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pig men . . . trolls . . . the curse of Miller Park . . . the Golden Plates of Voree. When it coms to weird, Wisconsin's got it! And nobody is better at telling the bizarre stories of the state's odd side than best-selling author and paranormal authority Linda Godfrey. Join the fun on an eyebrow-raising tour of people and places you won't believe!

Wisconsin Death Trip

Author : Michael Lesy
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826358403
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Wisconsin Death Trip written by Michael Lesy and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1973, this remarkable book about life in a small turn-of-the-century Wisconsin town has become a cult classic. Lesy has collected and arranged photographs taken between 1890 and 1910 by a Black River Falls photographer, Charles Van Schaik.

A Short History of Wisconsin

Author : Erika Janik
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870204734
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Wisconsin written by Erika Janik and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscover Wisconsin history from the very beginning. A Short History of Wisconsin recounts the landscapes, people, and traditions that have made the state the multifaceted place it is today. With an approach both comprehensive and accessible, historian Erika Janik covers several centuries of Wisconsin's remarkable past, showing how the state was shaped by the same world wars, waves of new inhabitants, and upheavals in society and politics that shaped the nation. Swift, authoritative, and compulsively readable, A Short History of Wisconsin commences with the glaciers that hewed the region's breathtaking terrain, the Native American cultures who first called it home, and French explorers and traders who mapped what was once called "Mescousing." Janik moves through the Civil War and two world wars, covers advances in the rights of women, workers, African Americans, and Indians, and recent shifts involving the environmental movement and the conservative revolution of the late 20th century. Wisconsin has hosted industries from fur-trapping to mining to dairying, and its political landscape sprouted figures both renowned and reviled, from Fighting Bob La Follette to Joseph McCarthy. Janik finds the story of a state not only in the broad strokes of immigration and politics, but also in the daily lives shaped by work, leisure, sports, and culture. A Short History of Wisconsin offers a fresh understanding of how Wisconsin came into being and how Wisconsinites past and present share a deep connection to the land itself.

State of Wisconsin Blue Book

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book State of Wisconsin Blue Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Weird Wisconsin

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0760759448
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Weird Wisconsin written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Monsters of Wisconsin

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Monsters (Stackpole)
ISBN 13 : 9780811707480
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Monsters of Wisconsin written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by Monsters (Stackpole). This book was released on 2011 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out about the bizarre and mysterious creatures living in Wisconsin.

Vintage Wisconsin Gardens

Author : Lee Somerville
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870206583
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Vintage Wisconsin Gardens written by Lee Somerville and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Wisconsin’s population moved from farmsteads into villages, towns, and cities, the state saw a growing interest in gardening as a leisure activity and source of civic pride. In Vintage Wisconsin Gardens, Lee Somerville introduces readers to the region’s ornamental gardens of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, showcasing the “vernacular” gardens created by landscaping enthusiasts for their own use and pleasure. The Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, established during the mid-nineteenth century, was the primary source of advice for home gardeners. Through carefully selected excerpts from WSHS articles, Somerville shares the excitement of these gardeners as they traded cultivation and design knowledge and explored the possibilities of their avocation. Women were frequent presenters at the WSHS annual meetings, and their voices resonate. Their writings, and those of their male colleagues, are a remarkable legacy we can draw on today—learning how Wisconsinites past created and enjoyed their gardens helps us appreciate our own. Filled with period and contemporary images, recommended plant lists, and garden layouts, Vintage Wisconsin Gardens will interest those curious about the history of the state’s cultural landscape and inspire readers to restore or reconstruct period gardens.

Warriors, Saints, and Scoundrels

Author : Michael Edmonds
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870207938
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Warriors, Saints, and Scoundrels written by Michael Edmonds and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2017-04-14 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A governor who saw ghosts, an incorrigible horse thief, a husband and wife who each stood over seven feet tall, an American Indian chief who defied forced removal, and the first woman to practice law before the Supreme Court: these are just some of the remarkable characters whose lives influenced and defined the state of Wisconsin. Authors Michael Edmonds and Samantha Snyder plumbed the depths of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s collections to research and compose lively portraits of eighty of these notable individuals: mayors, ministers, mystics, murderers, and everything in between. Each story is followed by recommended sources for readers’ continued exploration. Whether read on the fly or all in one sitting, these short, colorful narratives will intrigue and inform as you delve into Wisconsin’s diverse and diverting history.

The Fall of Wisconsin

Author : Dan Kaufman
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393357252
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Fall of Wisconsin written by Dan Kaufman and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National bestseller "Masterful." —Jane Mayer, best-selling author of Dark Money The Fall of Wisconsin is a deeply reported, searing account of how the state’s progressive tradition was undone and Wisconsin itself turned into a laboratory for national conservatives bent on remaking the country. Neither sentimental nor despairing, the book tells the story of the systematic dismantling of laws protecting the environment, labor unions, voting rights, and public education through the remarkable battles of ordinary citizens fighting to reclaim Wisconsin’s progressive legacy.

Weird Wisconsin

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Weird Wisconsin written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hunting the American Werewolf

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781931599665
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Hunting the American Werewolf written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's out there? a malevolent beast with the head of a wolf'walking upright like a man Don't believe it? How do you explain dozens of verified sightings throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and nationwide? In this fascinating book, best-selling author and award-winning journalist Linda Godfrey continues the hunt she began in The Beast of Bray Road. With only her investigative mind and her wry sense of humor, she takes on weird creatures too bizarre to be real'and too well documented to be mere fairy-tales.

Oddball Wisconsin

Author : Jerome Pohlen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613746660
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Oddball Wisconsin written by Jerome Pohlen and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated and even weirder, this new edition boasts more than 400 unique destinations for tourists looking for attractions off the beaten path. Bizarre locations and landmarks include Chainsaw Gordy’s Garden of Saws, Smokey Bear’s head, the World’s Largest Soup Kettle, the Toilet Bowl Parade, and the world’s only upside-down White House. This book offers fascinating and little-known historical tidbits and answers burning questions such as Where was Liberace born? What is a hodag, and how do you catch one? Who invented the hamburger? and Will a Polka Hall of Fame ever be built? This is the real guide to Wisconsin, birthplace of the snowmobile, the typewriter, and the ice cream sundae. The address, phone number, hours, cost, directions, and website of each oddity accompany its description.

Every Root an Anchor

Author : R. Bruce Allison
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870205285
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Every Root an Anchor written by R. Bruce Allison and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Every Root an Anchor, writer and arborist R. Bruce Allison celebrates Wisconsin's most significant, unusual, and historic trees. More than one hundred tales introduce us to trees across the state, some remarkable for their size or age, others for their intriguing histories. From magnificent elms to beloved pines to Frank Lloyd Wright's oaks, these trees are woven into our history, contributing to our sense of place. They are anchors for time-honored customs, manifestations of our ideals, and reminders of our lives' most significant events. For this updated edition, Allison revisits the trees' histories and tells us which of these unique landmarks are still standing. He sets forth an environmental message as well, reminding us to recognize our connectedness to trees and to manage our tree resources wisely. As early Wisconsin conservationist Increase Lapham said, "Tree histories increase our love of home and improve our hearts. They deserve to be told and remembered."

Weird Michigan

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402739079
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Weird Michigan written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores ghosts and haunted places, local legends, cursed roads, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in Michigan.

Cosmopolitan

Author : Toby Cecchini
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 076791211X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Cosmopolitan written by Toby Cecchini and published by Crown. This book was released on 2003-10-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life is a memoir of the bartending life structured as a day in the life at Passerby, the bar owned and run by Toby Cecchini. It is, as well, a rich study of human nature—of the sometimes annoying, sometimes outlandish behavior of the human animal under the influence of alcohol, lust, and the sheer desire to bust loose and party. It's not a pretty picture, but it's always compelling through the gimlet-eyed gaze of the author. As his typical day progresses, from the almost pastoral quiet of opening the bar and setting up to the gathering rush of customers dropping in after work to the sheer madness of catering to a crazed crush of funseekers, Toby Cecchini muses over a life spent in the service industry and the fascinating particulars of his chosen profession. Topics touched on include dealing with regulars, both welcome and not; sex and the bartender; cocktail connoisseurs (and drinks he refuses to make); learning the bartending ropes of the Odeon when young and newly arrived in New York; the sheer man-killing pace of keeping those drinks coming at flood tide; and the manifold varieties of weirdness and bad behavior that every bartender has to learn how to manage. Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life is the hip, behind-the-scenes look at the frenzied yet undeniably fun atmosphere of that great establishment—the bar—and Toby Cecchini is, by turns, witty, acute, mordant, and lyrical in dealing with the realities of his job, shedding plenty of light on the hidden corners of what people do when they go out at night.