Wisconsin Historical Society Press: 190 books
by Bob Jacobson
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Wisconsin entrepreneur Ole Evinrude will inspire children in this addition to the Badger Biographies series for young readers, where the story of Ole's invention, from drawing board to factory floor, is told in a reader-friendly format that includes historic images, a glossary of terms, and sidebars...
Steam & Cinders
The Advent of Railroads in Wisconsin
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Based on the author’s extensive research into the early history of Wisconsin’s rails, Steam and Cinders chronicles the boom and bust of the first railroads in the state, from the charters of the 1830s to the farm mortgages of the 1850s and consolidation of the railroads on the eve of the Civil...
The Chippewa
Biography of a Wisconsin Waterway
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Inspired by August Derleth’s seminal book The Wisconsin, Richard D. Cornell traveled the Chippewa River from its two sources south of Ashland to where it joins the Mississippi. Over several decades he returned time and again in his red canoe to immerse himself in the stories of the Chippewa River...
Every Root an Anchor
Wisconsin's Famous and Historic Trees
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
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...
One Small Farm
Photographs of a Wisconsin Way of Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
“People’s lives are written on the fields of old farms. The rows of the fields are like lines on a page, blank and white in winter, filled in with each year’s story of happiness, disappointment, drought, rain, sun, scarcity, plenty. The chapters accumulate, and people enter and leave the narrative....
by Nancy Oestreich Lurie
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
This best-selling short history of Wisconsin's native peoples is now updated and expanded to include events through the end of the twentieth century. From the treaty-making era to the reawakening of tribal consciousness in the 1960s to the profound changes brought about by Indian gaming, Lurie’s classic account remains the best concise treatment of the subject.
My Life with the Green & Gold
Tales from 20 Years of Sportscasting
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Ever wonder what it’s like to interview famous athletes and coaches? For twenty years, sportscaster Jessie Garcia has done just that. In My Life with the Green & Gold she brings fans to the sidelines at Lambeau Field, inside the locker room, aboard the Packers bus, and into the host’s chair...
Lucius Fairchild
Civil War Hero
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Lucius Fairchild: Civil War Hero introduces young readers to a great Wisconsin soldier-statesman. From panning for gold, to losing an arm during a Civil War battle, to campaigning hard for elections, Lucius learned early that it takes courage and persistence to succeed.
Lucius's life...
Mountain Wolf Woman
A Ho-Chunk Girlhood
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
With the seasons of the year as a backdrop, author Diane Holliday describes what life was like for a Ho-Chunk girl who lived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Central to the story is the movement of Mountain Wolf Woman and her family in and around Wisconsin. Like many Ho-Chunk people...
Monster Fire at Minong
Wisconsin’s Five Mile Tower Fire of 1977
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
Ignited by a single match on April 30, 1977, the Five Mile Tower Fire raged out of control for 17 hours. It would be one of the largest wildland fires in Wisconsin history, ultimately destroying more than 13,000 acres of land and 63 buildings. As a column of black pine smoke reached high in the sky,...
Seventh Generation Earth Ethics
Native Voices of Wisconsin
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Wisconsin’s rich tradition of sustainability rightfully includes its First Americans, who along with Aldo Leopold, John Muir, and Gaylord Nelson shaped its landscape and informed its “earth ethics.” This collection of Native biographies, one from each of the twelve Indian nations of Wisconsin,...
Continuity and Change, 1940-1965
History of Wisconsin, Volume VI
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
The sixth and final volume in the History of Wisconsin series examines the period from 1940-1965, in which state and nation struggled to maintain balance and traditions. Some of the major developments analyzed in this volume include: coping with three wars, racial and societal conflict, technological...
Fighting Son
A Biography of Philip F. La Follette
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Former Wisconsin governor Philip F. La Follette forged a political path characterized by his progressive, innovative vision. Growing up in the shadow of revered senator "Fighting Bob" La Follette made for a politically charged childhood and laid the groundwork for Phil's emergence as a powerful...
On the Hunt
The History of Deer Hunting in Wisconsin
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
On the Hunt is the story of deer-hunting in Wisconsin, from the spear-throwing Paleo-Indians to the sportsmen of today. Meticulously researched by one of the state's most prolific outdoor writers, On the Hunt covers subsistence and sport hunting, deer camps, changing deer management policies, and...