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The Wisconsin Frontier
Price $21.95
by Mark Wyman
From French coureurs de bois in the 17th century to the lumberjacks who rode logs down rivers in the late 19th century, settlers to Wisconsin's frontier came seeking wealth and opportunity.
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Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
Price $12.95
by Alice Morse Earle
First published in 1896, Curious Punishments of Bygone Days is a catalog of early American crimes and their penalties. With chapters on the pillories, stocks, the scarlet letter, the ducking stool, discipline of authors and books (egad!), and the other horrifying examples of ways in which those who transgressed the laws of Colonial America were made to pay for their sins will blow you away!
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The Complete Practical Distiller
Price $16.95
by Dr. M. La Fayette Byrn
This facsimile reproduction of the 1880 work by Dr. M. La Fayette Byrn is the eighth edition of a hugely popular manual on the distillation of spirits from a variety of fruits and vegetables.
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The Domestic Physician and Family Assistant
Price $12.95
by Marlin Gardner
Intended for the layperson who did not have access to a botanical physician, this book from 1836 is a fascinating view of first-aid methods and herbal home remedies from days gone by.
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The Family Nurse
Price $9.95
by Lydia Child
A guide to home health from Lydia Maria Child, one of the 19th century's most popular domestic advisors and most ardent feminists.
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Wau-Bun "The Early Day In The Northwest"
Price $22.95
By: Juliette Augusta Kinzie
Mrs. Kinzie’s book, originally published in 1856, provides the rare perspective of a genteel and educated woman, who felt strongly that the native Winnebago culture should be respected and protected.
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Hunting a Shadow: The Search for Black Hawk
Price $18.95
The eye-witness account of the futile search for the 65-year-old Sauk Indian Warrior Black Sparrow Hawk. This is the first book in the Black Hawk War Trilogy.
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The Battle of Wisconsin Heights
Price $18.95
The eye-witness account of the Black Walk War as it moved through today’s Dane and Dodge counties of Wisconsin in July, 1832. This is the second book in the Black Hawk War Trilogy.
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Freedom Train North:Stories of the Underground Railroad in Wisconsin
Price $15.95
People running from slavery made many hard journeys to find freedom—on steamboats and in carriages, across rivers and in hay-covered wagons. Some were shot at. Many were chased by slave catchers. Others hid in tunnels and secret rooms. But these troubles were worth it for the men, women, and children who eventually reached freedom. Freedom Train North tells the stories of fugitive slaves who found help in Wisconsin.
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Raku cutout luminaire
Price $18.00
Cutouts in each pot allows for a soft, cozy candle-lit glow. Created by master potter Noah Montgomery.
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Geology of the Ice Age Trail
Price $34.95
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail meanders across the state of Wisconsin through scenic glacial terrain dotted with lakes, steep hills, and long, narrow ridges. David M. Mickelson, Louis J. Maher Jr., and Susan L. Simpson bring this landscape to life and help readers understand what Ice Age Wisconsin was like.
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In Greenbush
Price $10.95
by Antonia Paratore Dinsmore
This account of one Albanian-Italian family's pursuit of opportunity in the Madison, Wisconsin area called the Greenbush sheds light on the city's early history. An intriguing story of integration and alienation, struggle and triumph—this is the story of America itself.
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One-Room Country Schools: History and Recollections
Price $18.95
by Jerry Apps
From 1791, when the first school was established in what is now Wisconsin, to the 1960s, when consolidation was finally complete, the one-room school's history has been one of growth and change. One-Room Country Schools includes unique memories and shared recollections from the people who learned and taught in the one-room schools of Wisconsin.
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The Wisconsin Office of Emigration 1852-1855
Price $15.95
by Johannes Strohschank and William G. Thiel
In 1852 Wisconsin established the Office of Emigration to attract European-mainly German-speaking-settlers to the state.
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Ghosts of the Forest: Vanished Lumber Towns of Wisconsin Vol. 1
Price $49.95
by Randall E. Rohe
Using oral histories, period newspapers, lumber trade journals, local and county histories, and numerous other sources, the author tells the story of Wisconsin ghost towns and provides a detailed history of fourteen of them in this volume.
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Exploring With Lewis and Clark: The 1804 Journal of Charles Floyd
Price $45.00
Ed by: James J. Holmberg
Sergeant Floyd was one of the first three men enlisted in Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery. This elegant volume is the first facsimile edition of Floyd’s journal – featuring his own handwriting alongside new transcriptions.
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The Prairie Traveler
Price $12.95
By: Randolph B. Marcy Originally published in 1859, "The Prairie Traveler" became the principal manual for westward-bound pioneers.
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Calling this Place Home: Women on the Wisconsin Frontier 1850-1925
Price $34.95
By: Joan M. Jensen Swedish domestic Emina Johnson witnessed the great Peshtigo fire in 1871; Cherokee nurse Isabella Wolfe served the Lac du Flambeau reservation for decades; the author's own grandmother, Matilda Schopp, was one of numerous immigrants who eked out a living on the Wisconsin cutover. Calling this Place Home tells the stories of these and many other Native and settler women during Wisconsin's frontier era.
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