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October
2007 features
books and links about
Wisconsin History |
Below is a selection of just a few of the books in the
History Room about Wisconsin History.
Haunted Wisconsin
by Michael Norman and Beth Scott
HIST 133.1 Nor
Featuring more than 70 true tales throughout Wisconsin, this newly
revised and expanded edition of an all-time favorite collection of
stories. Containing an assortment of ghosts, apparitions and
other supernatural occurrences, Wisconsin could easily be called the
most haunted state in America.
Amish in Wisconsin
by Richard Lee Dawley
HIST 289.7775 Daw
This first-time account of the Amish of Wisconsin provides many
interesting windows into their life and culture. The detailed
observations from the author's travel journal show the diversity of
the growing Amish communities in Wisconsin.
Women's Wisconsin: from native matriarchies to the new millennium
edited by Genevieve G. McBride
HIST 305.4 Wom
This unique anthology is the first single-source history of Wisconsin
women, native and newcomers. It features dozens of excerpts of
articles as well as primary sources, such as women's letters,
reminiscences, and oral histories, previously published over many
decades in the Wisconsin Magazine of History. Editor and
historian Genevieve G. McBride provides the contextual commentary and
overarching analysis to make Wisconsin's women's history accessible to
students, scholars and lifelong learners alike.
Workers and unions in Wisconsin: a labor history anthology
by Darryl Holter
HIST 331.88 Hol
For the first time, historical material on Wisconsin labor, drawn from
a variety of sources, has been complied in a single volume. With
more than a hundred photos, complete footnotes, and a detailed index,
readers can identify the large cast of characters that have left their
mark on Wisconsin's labor history.
The Miller beer barons : the Frederick J. Miller family and its
brewery
by Tim John
HIST 388.764123 Joh
The book is an excursion through three generations of the Miller
family, which started and then ran the Miller Brewing Company for over
100 years. The author, a great grandson of the Miller founder,
Frederick L. Miller, takes us from Germany, where Mr. Miller brewed
his first beer, to Milwaukee in 1970 when Harry G. John, Jr.'s sale of
Miller stock concluded the family's involvement.
50 Wisconsin crimes of the century
by Marv Balousek
HIST 364.109775 Bal
Here are 50 profiles of Wisconsin's worst crimes in a single
volume. Meet cold blooded killer Barbara Hoffman as well as
notorious fiends Edward Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer. Other cases
include the 1917 bombing of a Milwaukee police precinct station that
killed eleven people, the 1911 kidnapping and murder of little Annie
Lemberger and the shootout with John Dillinger at Little Bohemia.
The Milwaukee Road: its first hundred years
by August Derleth
HIST 385.06577 Der
From its incorporation in 1847 in Wisconsin Territory to its first run
in 1851 to its later position far-flung power, the Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company had a vivid history. By
1948, the Milwaukee Road had more than 40,000 employees and maintained
more than 10,000 miles of line in 12 states. Also in 1948,
August Derleth's popular and well-crafted corporate history celebrated
the strength and status of the mighty carrier.
Wisconsin folklore
complied and annotated by James P. Leary
HIST 398.2 Wis
A comprehensive collection of the rich and highly entertaining
traditions of Wisconsin folklore that have been gathered in one
book. The author, a noted folklorist. offers nearly fifty
annotated and illustrated entries where anthropologists,
ethnomusicologists, historians, journalists, museologists, writers of
fiction, folklorists, and just folks, from 1884 to 1997, cover an
enormous range of topics.
Cheese: the making of a Wisconsin tradition
by Jerry Apps
HIST 637.3 App
The author narrates the history of the cheese-making industry in
Wisconsin from its inception in the 1840s to the present. The
author documents the daily lives of the early cheese makers and how
Wisconsin became the nation's number one cheese producer.
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School in Wisconsin: an
architectural touring guide
by Kristin Visser
HIST 720.9775 Vis
A comprehensive guide to the Wisconsin buildings of Frank Lloyd
Wright, of interest and value to all fans of Wright and architecture
in general. The author describes 46 Wright-designed buildings,
as well as 36 buildings of other important architects of the Prairie
School. The book is well illustrated with more than a hundred
photographs, both current and historic, and included practical
information for the traveler.
Barns
of Wisconsin
by Jerry Apps
HIST 728.992 App
In this revised edition, the author provides an informative and moving
account of Wisconsin's most hard-working structures - its barns.
Symbols of optimism, pride and practicality, barns are as diverse as
the people who built them. Apps describes the exquisite
craftsmanship of the immigrant groups that built their barns.
The
illustrated history of Wisconsin music
compiled and edited by Michael G. Corenthal
HIST 782 Ill
An extensive and well-illustrated history of music and musicians of
Wisconsin from 1840 to 1990.
Wisconsin
sports heroes
by Martin Hintz
HIST 796.092 Hin
Meet 54 talented athletes from across the state of Wisconsin.
There are those who were born and raised in the Badger State, as well
as those who have called Wisconsin home for a few years. These
athletes broke records and captured our hearts with their hard work
and determination. Learn more about these Wisconsin athletes who
have devoted their lives to playing the game.
Stalag
Wisconsin : inside WW II prisoner-of-war camps
by Betty Cowley
HIST 940.5472 Cow
A history of the World War II prisoner-of-war camps throughout the
state of Wisconsin.
Native
American communities in Wisconsin, 1600-1960: a study of tradition and
change
by Robert E. Bieder
HIST 970.475 Bie
A comprehensive history of Native American tribes in Wisconsin, this
through and readable account follows Wisconsin's native communities
from 1600 to 1960.
Wisconsin
then and now: the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Rephotography
Project
by Nicolette Bromberg
HIST 977.5 Bro
Whether portraying past and present immigrants, changing Main Streets,
"modern" kitchens, prize cows, Kohler plumbing fixtures, or
Green Bay Packer fans, these photographs document both continuity and
change. The book includes essays by Nicolette Bromberg, who conceived
and oversaw the three-year rephotography project, and by geographers
Thomas R. Vale and Steven Hoelscher who comment on the evolving
cultural and physical landscape as seen through the lens of a camera.
Wisconsin
history highlights: delving into the past
by Jon Kasparek, Bobbie Malone, Erica Schock
HIST 977.5 Kas
Wisconsin History Highlights encourages middle school and high school
students and teachers to use Wisconsin topics and resources to
illuminate their own research in American history as they create
National History Day or other research projects. Ten chapters on
subjects such as immigration, environmental history, tourism, and
manufacturing each contain concise introductions to specific events,
people, or places in Wisconsin history. Each synopsis includes
one to three sample documents representing the kinds of primary source
materials students will discover as they begin their research and
introduces students to basic secondary sources for each topic. Every
chapter closes with a two-page detailed bibliography of available
primary and secondary materials.
Wisconsin's
past and present: a historical atlas
by the Wisconsin Cartographers' Guild
HIST 977.5 Wis
Despite Wisconsin's rich history, no historical atlas has been
produced in the state since 1878. Wisconsin's Past and Present: A
Historical Atlas, created by the Wisconsin Cartographers' Guild, has
filled this void with a fascinating and colorful portrait of the
state's complex development. This guide, produced to mark 150 years of
statehood, provides a lasting resource for map lovers and history
buffs, and for everyone interested in Wisconsin's heritage. The atlas
features historical and geographical data, including full-color maps,
descriptive text, photos, and illustrations.
Wisconsin
death trip
by Michael Lesy
HIST 977.551 Wis
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.
Against these are juxtaposed excerpts from the Badger State Banner,
from the Mendota State (asylum) Record Book, and occasionally
quotations from the writings of Hamlin Garland and Glenway Westcott.
Fire
within: a Civil War narrative from Wisconsin
by Kerry A. Trask
HIST 977.567 Tra
Through diaries, letters, and newspaper articles, the author weaves
together personal viewpoints and wartime events to reflect the
passions of the times and describes the conflicts encountered by the
men who went to war and the people who remained at home. For soldiers
and civilians this "real war" was often difficult and
painful. What they wrote in their letters and diaries offers a look at
the conflict from a small-town perspective and reveals the true nature
of war. An engaging work, the book will appeal to the general reading
public as well as to Civil War scholars and specialists.
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