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Book Synopsis The Legend of Wisconsin by : Kathy-jo Wargin
Download or read book The Legend of Wisconsin written by Kathy-jo Wargin and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Gitchee Manitou has sent Nanabush the Giant Hare to the new north country to give the first animals their names and special markings. But trickster that he is, Nanabush prefers to play silly games. When Ahmik the Giant Beaver lures Nanabush into a chase across the newly formed land and water, their game etches out a beautiful wonderland of islands and ponds and lakes. Readers young and old will enjoy the legend behind the creation of the state whose very name Wisk-on-sin means "place of the beaver."Kathy-jo Wargin's most recent picture book honoring the spirit of Wisconsin is The Legend of Old Abe: A Civil War Eagle. Her other books include B is for Badger: AWisconsin Alphabet and The Legend of the Lady's Slipper (Upper Midwest Bookseller's Favorite). Afrequent speaker throughout the country, Kathy-jo lives with her family in Petoskey, Michigan. David Geister also collaborated with Kathy-jo Wargin on The Legend of Minnesota and The Voyageur's Paddle. David is a popular visitor at schools with his costumed portrayals of historic characters. A Wisconsin native, he now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Book Synopsis Wisconsin Legends & Lore by : Tea Krulos
Download or read book Wisconsin Legends & Lore written by Tea Krulos and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisconsin is a land rich with stories. It was the "mother of all circuses," a place of buried treasure and home to eerie ghosts and monsters. Native American legends, tall tales told at lumberjack camps and taverns, ghostlore and modern urban legends all form the wonderful mythology of the Dairy State. Many know of Rhinelander's famous Hodag, the Beast of Bray Road in Elkhorn, Milwaukee's haunted Pfister Hotel and the Ridgeway Ghost. But few have heard obscure tales like the Christmas Tree Ghost Ship of Two Rivers, the Goatman of Richfield's Hogsback Road and the legend of the Witch's Tower of Whitewater. Author Tea Krulos, an expert in all things strange and unusual, digs up Wisconsin favorites and arcane lore.
Book Synopsis Haunted Wisconsin by : Michael Norman
Download or read book Haunted Wisconsin written by Michael Norman and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retold from personal interviews, newspapers, archives, and other sources, stories of ghosts, apparitions and othe supernatural occurences ranging from historical tales embedded in 19th century superstition to contemporary accounts of strange occurences in modern-day homes. This revised edition includes new stories and revisions to some of the tales original to the first edition. In addition, a few stories have been dropped for various reasons.
Book Synopsis Wisconsin Lore, Antics and Anecdotes of Wisconsin People and Places by : Robert Edward Gard
Download or read book Wisconsin Lore, Antics and Anecdotes of Wisconsin People and Places written by Robert Edward Gard and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Legend of Light written by Bob Hicok and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether Hicok is considering the reflection of human faces in the Vietnam War Memorial or the elements of a "Modern Prototype" factory, he prompts an icy realization that we may have never seen the world as it truly is. But his resilient voice and consistent perspective is neither blaming nor didactic, and ultimately enlightening. From the shadowed corners into which we dare not look clearly, Hicok makes us witness and hero of The Legend of Light.
Book Synopsis Little Wisconsin by : Kathy-jo Wargin
Download or read book Little Wisconsin written by Kathy-jo Wargin and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State birds, flowers, trees, and animals brought to board book form for the youngest book lovers. Toddlers will delight in these books filled with rhyming riddles framed by brightly painted clues, introducing elements that make each state so special.
Book Synopsis Wisconsin Myths and Legends by : Michael Bie
Download or read book Wisconsin Myths and Legends written by Michael Bie and published by Myths and Mysteries Series. This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unearth the mysteries, myths, strange happenings, and haunted places in Wisconsin's history. This intriguing, lively, and easy-to-read collection of eerie stories will leave readers astonished at the secrets it reveals.
Book Synopsis Wisconsin Myths & Legends by : Michael Bie
Download or read book Wisconsin Myths & Legends written by Michael Bie and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen Mind-Boggling Tales from the Badger State Was Joe Davis, Civil War veteran and Menominee Indian, really the son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis? What really happened the night that banker H. C. Mead was murdered inside the Exchange Bank of Waupaca? Did a flying saucer really land in Joe Simonton’s yard, and did the aliens aboard ask for a jug of water and serve him pancakes? From pirate ships to pancakes from outer space, Myths and Mysteries of Wisconsin makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state’s most fascinating and compelling stories.
Book Synopsis This Storied River by : Dennis McCann
Download or read book This Storied River written by Dennis McCann and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In This Storied River, longtime journalist Dennis McCann takes us on an intimate tour of the Upper Mississippi—from Dubuque, Iowa, to the Minnesota headwaters, and dozens of places in between. Far more than a travel guide, This Storied River celebrates the Upper Mississippi’s colorful history and the unique role the river has played in shaping the Midwest.
Book Synopsis Washington County Paranormal by : J. Nathan Couch
Download or read book Washington County Paranormal written by J. Nathan Couch and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up, J. Nathan Couch always had a passion for bizarre modern day legends, surviving small town tedium by chasing ghosts and hunting monsters. Upon moving to West Bend, Wisconsin, he set out to learn the legends of his new home, and he's taking you with him. Grab your gear, jump in the car, and join Nathan as he legend trips the murderous goat men, nature spirits, spectral prostitutes, and ghostly locomotives that inhabit the kettles and moraines of Southeastern Wisconsin. In nearly three dozen essays, all with detailed driving directions, Washington County is revealed to be Wisconsin's finest paranormal roadtrip!
Book Synopsis Wisconsin in Watercolor by : Joe Kapler
Download or read book Wisconsin in Watercolor written by Joe Kapler and published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1867, German immigrant Paul Seifert settled in the Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin and began capturing the distinctive farms and landscapes of his new home in vivid, detailed watercolors. Today, these paintings are coveted by American folk art collectors across the country, but Seifert’s life remains shrouded in mystery. In this first book written about Paul Seifert, author Joe Kapler examines the life of this enigmatic artist and provides context for his extraordinary art. The book features high-quality reproductions of twenty-two Seifert watercolors (more than half of which have never been published) and many close-ups of his characteristic details, from horses and hay wagons to dogs and dinner bells. Part art history treatment, part coffee table book, part research memoir, and part love letter to the Driftless Area, Wisconsin in Watercolor shines a long-awaited light on Seifert and the land he so carefully rendered over a hundred years ago.
Book Synopsis Weird Wisconsin by : Linda S. Godfrey
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:
Book Synopsis The Wisconsin Road Guide to Mysterious Creatures by : Chad Lewis
Download or read book The Wisconsin Road Guide to Mysterious Creatures written by Chad Lewis and published by On the Road Publications. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grab your camera and set off in search of Wisconsin's most elusive creatures. This guide features on-site investigations into the Bigfoot of the north woods and the vampire of Mineral Point to phantom chickens and werewolves that roam rural Wisconsin. Filled with witness drawings, eye-witness testimony, and mysterious photos this guide provides the reader with directions to these bizarre places where you might just come face to face with Wisconsin s most mysterious creatures.
Book Synopsis Weird Wisconsin by : Linda S. Godfrey
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:
Book Synopsis Monsters of Wisconsin by : Linda S. Godfrey
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.
Book Synopsis Wisconsin Indian Place Legends by : Federal Writers' Project. Wisconsin
Download or read book Wisconsin Indian Place Legends written by Federal Writers' Project. Wisconsin and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Giants in the Land by : Dennis Boyer
Download or read book Giants in the Land written by Dennis Boyer and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy tales of lumberjacks, miners, brewers, farmers, hunters and trappers in this collection of Wisconsin folktales. The book features beautifully illustrated pen-and-ink drawings by Owen Coyle.
