Wisconsin Historical Society Press: 190 books
Wisconsin Lighthouses
A Photographic and Historical Guide, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
“Lighthouses are a reflection of the human spirit and a mirror to our past.”—from the Introduction
No symbol is more synonymous with Wisconsin’s rich maritime traditions than the lighthouse. These historic beacons conjure myriad notions of a bygone era: romance, loneliness, and dependability;...
The Wisconsin Capitol
Stories of a Monument and Its People
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
On the occasion of the Capitol’s centennial in 2017, this book tells the remarkable story of the building—in all its incarnations—and the people who made history beneath its dome. The book covers the creation of the territorial capitol in 1837, the construction of the second capitol in the 1860s...
Frederick Jackson Turner
Wisconsin’s Historian of the Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
This book contains four essays by and about Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932), the Wisconsin-born historian whose ideas and writings have had such a profound impact upon the way Americans view their past, and their place in the world. It is a book not only for the scholar and teacher (who will...
Risking Everything
A Freedom Summer Reader
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Reader documents the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, when SNCC and CORE workers and volunteers arrived in the Deep South to register voters and teach non-violence, and more than 60,000 black Mississippians risked everything to overturn a system that had...
Urbanization & Industrialization 1873-1893
History of Wisconsin, Volume III
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Although the years from 1873-1893 lacked the well known, dramatic events of the periods before and after, this period presented a major transformation in Wisconsin's economy. The third volume in the History of Wisconsin series presents a balanced, comprehensive, and witty account of these two decades...
From Exploration to Statehood
History of Wisconsin, Volume I
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Published in 1973, this first volume in the History of Wisconsin series remains the definitive work on Wisconsin's beginnings, from the arrival of the French explorer Jean Nicolet in 1634, to the attainment of statehood in 1848. This volume explores how Wisconsin's Native American inhabitants, early...
Putting Down Roots
Gardening Insights from Wisconsin’s Early Settlers
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
Culture and history can be passed from one generation to the next through the food we eat, the vegetables and fruits we plant and harvest, and the fragrant flowers and herbs that enliven our gardens. The plants our ancestors grew tell stories about their way of life.
Wisconsin’s...
Mary Nohl
A Lifetime in Art
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
LOOK INSIDE THE LIFE — AND HOME — OF LEGENDARY 'OUTSIDER' ARTIST MARY NOHL
"Mary Nohl: A Lifetime in Art" by Barbara Manger and Janine Smith, tells the story of Milwaukee-born artist, Mary Nohl. A prolific and fanciful maker who worked in a variety of media, Nohl was both a mysterious...
Creating Dairyland
How caring for cows saved our soil, created our landscape, brought prosperity to our state, and still shapes our way of life in Wisconsin
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
The story of dairying in Wisconsin is the story of how our very landscape and way of life were created. By making cows the center of our farm life and learning how to care for them, our ancestors launched a revolution that changed much more than the way farmers earned their living — it changed...
by Mark Knipping
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
From mining to logging to farming, Finns played an important role in the early development of Wisconsin. Although their immigration to the state came later than that of most other groups, their contributions proved just as significant. Finns pride themselves for their sisu, a Finnish term which, roughly...
by Robert E. Gard
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
“The names of places lie upon the land and tell us where we are or where we have been or where we want to go. And so much more.”—From the introduction
Fifty years ago, educator and writer Robert E. Gard traveled across Wisconsin, learning the trivial, controversial, and landmark stories behind...
Wisconsin State Parks
Extraordinary Stories of Geology and Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Hit the trail for a dramatic look at Wisconsin’s geologic past.
The impressive bluffs, valleys, waterfalls, and lakes of Wisconsin’s state parks provide more than beautiful scenery and recreational opportunities. They are windows into the distant past, offering clues to the dramatic events...
by Frederick Hale
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
As the Föhn blew the first breaths of spring into the Alps in March 1845, two Swiss men embarked on a circuitous voyage that took them from the impoverished canton of Glarus in eastern Switzerland to the hills of southern Wisconsin. Their mission: to select and purchase a tract of land to which the...
by Richard H. Zeitlin
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Between 1820 and 1910, nearly five and a half million German-speaking immigrants came to the United States in search of new homes, new opportunities, and freedom from European tyrannies. Most settled in the Midwest, and many came to Wisconsin, whose rich farmlands and rising cities attracted three...