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      Cream City Chronicles: Stories of Milwaukee's Past

      $18.95
      These stories, each featuring a historic photograph, represent the best of Gurda's popular Sunday columns that have appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel since 1994.
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      By John Gurda


      This new paperback edition of historian John Gurda's classic collection of Milwaukee history shares lively stories about the people, the events, the landmarks, and the institutions that have made the "cream city" a unique American community. These stories, each featuring a historic photograph, represent the best of Gurda's popular Sunday columns that have appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel since 1994. Find yourself transported back to another time, when the village of Milwaukee was home to fur trappers and traders. Follow the development of Milwaukee's distinctive neighborhoods, its rise as a port city and industrial center, and its changing political climate. From singing mayors to summer festivals, from blueblood weddings to bloody labor disturbances, Cream City Chronicle offers a generous sampling of tales that express the true character of a hometown metropolis.

      By John Gurda


      This new paperback edition of historian John Gurda's classic collection of Milwaukee history shares lively stories about the people, the events, the landmarks, and the institutions that have made the "cream city" a unique American community. These stories, each featuring a historic photograph, represent the best of Gurda's popular Sunday columns that have appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel since 1994. Find yourself transported back to another time, when the village of Milwaukee was home to fur trappers and traders. Follow the development of Milwaukee's distinctive neighborhoods, its rise as a port city and industrial center, and its changing political climate. From singing mayors to summer festivals, from blueblood weddings to bloody labor disturbances, Cream City Chronicle offers a generous sampling of tales that express the true character of a hometown metropolis.

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      PublisherWisconsin Historical Society Press
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      Publication Year2016
      Page Count320
      Illustrations
      Format/BindingPaperback
      Trim Size5.5 x 8.5 inches

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      Products specifications
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      PublisherWisconsin Historical Society Press
      ISBN Number

      978-0-87020-758-7

      Publication Year2016
      Page Count320
      Illustrations
      Format/BindingPaperback
      Trim Size5.5 x 8.5 inches
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