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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.

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:

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!

Haunted Wisconsin

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811736369
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 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is absolutely no better guide for haunted Wisconsin. Linda S. Godfrey. With her smooth journalistic style and her keen sense of what makes a good ghost story, she has the ability to send chills up and down your spine --Brad Steiger, author of Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places Wisconsin's leading authority on the paranormal presents strange stories from around the state, from witches in the Wisconsin Dells to spirits in the State Capitol. Readers will encounter Kenosha's Headless Nun, the Man Bat of Lacrosse, Rocky the Rock Lake Monster, and John Dillinger's phantom. They will explore Aztalan's ancient mounds, the ghostly bars and taverns of Madison and Milwaukee, and the creepy town of Caryville, one of the most haunted places in America.

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:

Sacred Sites of Wisconsin

Author : John-Brian Paprock
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781931599016
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Sites of Wisconsin written by John-Brian Paprock 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: Take time out from life's fast pace to reflect or pray at one of more than 400 sites around Wisconsin that are noted places of worship and pilgrimage. Included are churches, temples, synagogues, cemeteries, effigy mounds, and more. Learn about each site's history, what makes it sacred, and why it is worth a visit.

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:

Wisconsin Lore, Antics and Anecdotes of Wisconsin People and Places

Author : Robert Edward Gard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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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:

Haunted Wisconsin

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493047922
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Haunted Wisconsin written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things that go bump in the night, disembodied voices, footsteps in an empty stairwell, an icy hand on your shoulder...let your imagination run wild as you read about Wisconsin's most extraordinary apparitions, sinister spooks, and bizarre beasts. You may know of Lotta Morgan, Ghostly Lady of the Evening, but perhaps you haven't heard about: A man driven crazy at the Summerwind Mansion after finding a mummified corpse in a drawer The phantom acapella music of the Lost Spirits of Coolidge The flying manbat known as mothman of LaCross The mythical haunchies of Haunchyland who hung a man for discovering their underground tunnel system.

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.

Every Root an Anchor

Author : R. Bruce Allison
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870203703
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 2005-04-13 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."

The Social Order of Collective Action

Author : Matthew Kearney
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 149856898X
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book The Social Order of Collective Action written by Matthew Kearney and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wisconsin Uprising of 2011 was one of the largest sustained collective actions in the history of the United States. Newly-elected Governor Scott Walker introduced a shock proposal that threatened the existence of public unions and access to basic health care, then insisted on rapid passage. The protests that erupted were neither planned nor coordinated. The largest, in Madison, consolidated literally overnight into a horizontally organized leaderless and leaderful community. That community featured a high level of internal social order, complete with distribution of food and basic medical care, group assemblies for collective decision making, written rules and crowd marshaling to enforce them, and a moral community that made a profound emotional impact on its members. The resistance created a functioning commune inside the Wisconsin State Capitol Building. In contrast to what many social movement theories would predict, this round-the-clock protest grew to enormous size and lasted for weeks without direction from formal organizations. This book, written by a protest insider, argues based on immersive ethnographic observation and extensive interviewing that the movement had minimal direction from organizations or structure from political processes. Instead, it emerged interactively from collective effervescence, improvised non-hierarchical mechanisms of communication, and an escalating obligation for like-minded people to join and maintain their participation. Overall, the findings demonstrate that a large and complex collective action can occur without direction from formal organizations.

Don't Look

Author : Alexandra Ivy
Publisher : Zebra
ISBN 13 : 1420151428
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Don't Look written by Alexandra Ivy and published by Zebra. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An addictive and thrilling story perfect for fans of Robert Dulgoni and Lucy Foley, as a serial killer preys on the women of a small Midwest town. IF YOU'RE ON HIS LIST A woman's naked body is discovered, cold and pale as the surrounding snow--except for the crimson scarf around her neck. The weeks that follow bring more victims and evidence of a terrifying pattern. The killer has a list. And every woman on it will get what she deserves... YOU'RE AS GOOD Dr. Lynne Gale followed in her father's footsteps to become a vet in Pike, Wisconsin. For years, she's had little contact with Kir Jansen, son of the town's late sheriff. Suddenly he's back, insisting that Lynne's in danger. She can't believe anyone would target her, but someone is hunting the women of Pike, savoring every last moment. AS DEAD Kir hoped that his father's frantic calls about a serial killer were just an old man's delusions. But the body count doesn't lie. In this quiet town, a monster stalks and kills. And soon, Lynne's will be the last name on his list... Praise for Pretend You're Safe "A satisfying mystery ... Ivy's clever foreshadowing keeps the tension high throughout this fast-moving tale, and the romance sizzles." --Publishers Weekly "A pulse-raising romantic thriller." --BookPage

Wisconsin Insurance Report

Author : Wisconsin. Dept. of Insurance
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Wisconsin Insurance Report written by Wisconsin. Dept. of Insurance and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports for 1895-1914 have each pt. issued as separate vol.: pt. 1. Fire and marine insurance; pt. 2. Life and casualty insurance; 1897-1915, pt. 3. Local mutual fire insurance.

Oddball Wisconsin

Author : Jerome Pohlen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613746695
Total Pages : 336 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 2013-05-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated and even stranger, 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 where 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.