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Tents Tigers and the Ringling Brothers

Tents, Tigers, and the Ringling Brothers

9780870203749
Paperback: $12.95
128 pages, 81 illus., 1 map, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870203749

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$12.95
Casper Jaggi book cover featuring blue border and then yellow cheese colored with image of Casper Jaggi

Casper Jaggi: Master Swiss Cheese Maker

9780870203923
Paperback: $12.95
96 pages, 51 photos and illus., 3 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870203923

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$12.95
Picture of Old Farm: A History

Old Farm: A History

9780870206368
Paperback: $24.95
240 pages, 114 photos, 2 maps, 8 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204067

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$24.95
Picture of Horse-Drawn Days: a Century of Farming with Horses

Horse-Drawn Days: a Century of Farming with Horses

9780870204456
Paperback: $24.95
240 pages, 140 b/w and color photos and illus., 8 x 9
ISBN: 9780870204456

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$24.95
Barns of Wisconsin book cover featuring image of red barn

Barns of Wisconsin

9780870204531
"Barns of Wisconsin" captures both the iconic and the unique, including historic and noteworthy barns, and discusses the disappearance of barns from our landscape and preservation efforts to save these important symbols of American agriculture.

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$29.95
Garden Wisdom book cover with image of man gardening

Garden Wisdom: Lessons Learned from 60 Years of Gardening

9780870204944
Paperback: $26.95
200 pages, 66 color and b/w photos, 7 x 9
ISBN:9780870204944

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$26.95
Limping Through Life: A Farm Boy’s Polio Memoir

Limping Through Life: A Farm Boy’s Polio Memoir

9780870205804
Hardcover: $22.95
248 pages, 48 b/w photos, 5 ½ x 8 ¼
ISBN: 9780870205804

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$22.95
The Quiet Season: Remembering Country Winters

The Quiet Season: Remembering Country Winters

9780870206078
Hardcover: $22.95
160 pages
ISBN: 9780870206078

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$22.95
Whispers and Shadows: A Naturalist’s Memoir

Whispers and Shadows: A Naturalist’s Memoir

9780870207099
Hardcover: $22.95
128 pages, 5½ x 8
ISBN: 9780870207099

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$22.95
Book cover of "Wisconsin Agriculture" by Jerry Apps showing a stylized illustration of a red barn and fields of different colors. Rolling hills and wooded land in the distance.

Wisconsin Agriculture: A History

9780870207242
Hardcover: $34.95
336 pages, 192 color and b&w photos and illus., 2 maps, 8 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207242

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$34.95
One-Room Country Schools

One-Room Country Schools

9780870207525
Paperback: $19.95
248 pages, 91 b&w photos, 7 x 10
ISBN: 97808702075255

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$19.95
Eat Rutabagas book cover with farmer and young boy standing in front of green field

Eat Rutabagas

9781930596085
Hardcover: $10.00
28 pages, color illustrations, 8 x 0.3 x 8
ISBN: 9781930596085
$10.00
Stormy book cover featuring illustration of farmer holding cow on rope

Stormy

9781930596092
Hardcover: $10
32 pages, color illustrations, 8 x 0.3 x 8
ISBN: 978-1-930596-09-2

Published by The Guest Cottage, Inc.
Distributed by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press


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$10.00
Never Curse the Rain: A Farm Boy’s Reflection on Water

Never Curse the Rain: A Farm Boy’s Reflection on Water

9780870207945
Hardcover: $22.95
160 pages, 5 1/2 x 8
ISBN: 9780870207945

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$22.95
Old Farm Country Cookbook

Old Farm Country Cookbook: Recipes, Menus, and Memories

9780870208300
Seasoned with personal stories, menus, and family photos, Old Farm Country Cookbook recalls a time when electricity had not yet found its way to the farm, when making sauerkraut was a family endeavor, and when homemade ice cream tasted better than anything you could buy at the store.

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press
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$28.95
Picture of Once a Professor: A Memoir of Teaching in Turbulent Times

Once a Professor: A Memoir of Teaching in Turbulent Times

9780870208577
Hardcover: $22.95
256 pages, 39 b&w photos, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 978-0-87020-857-7

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$22.95
Living a Country Year: Wit and Wisdom from the Good Old Days

Living a Country Year: Wit and Wisdom from the Good Old Days

9780870208614
Paperback: $15.95
172 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 978-0-87020-861-4

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$15.95
Every Farm Tells a Story book cover featuring colored illustration of farm with red barn in far back

Every Farm Tells a Story: A Tale of Family Farm Values

9780870208638
Paperback: $15.95
188 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 978-0-87020-863-8

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$15.95
Ringlingville USA

Ringlingville USA | Paperback Edition

9780870203558
The Ringling Brothers confronted the challenges of taxation, war, economic pressure, changing technology, and personal sorrows. They emerge as complex characters whose ambition, imagination, and pure hucksterism fueled the phenomenon that was the Ringling Brothers' Circus.

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$26.95
Picture of Simple Things: Lessons from the Family Farm

Simple Things: Lessons from the Family Farm

9780870208874
Hardcover: $22.95
160 pages, 5 1/2x 8
ISBN: 978-0-87020-887-4

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$22.95
Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin book cover

The Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin: Nature's Army at Work

9780870209048
Captured in rich prose are the voices of the CCC boys who, by preserving Wisconsin's natural beauty between 1933 and 1942, discovered purpose in their labor and founded an enduring legacy of environmental stewardship.
$22.95
The Land Still Lives

The Land Still Lives

9780870209062
Details:
Author: Jerry Apps
Hardcover
192 pages. 5.5 x 8.5"
ISBN: 9780870209062
Publication Date: Fall 2019
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$25.00
When White Pine was King by Jerry Apps

When the White Pine was King: A History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in Wisconsin

9780870209345
When the White Pine Was King tells the stories of the heyday of logging, of lumberjacks and camp cooks, of river drives and deadly log jams, of sawmills and lumber towns and the echo of the ax ringing through the Northwoods as yet another white pine crashed to the ground. Full details below.

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press
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$22.95
The Old Timer Says: A Writing Journal Cover with blue title an a drawing of old man in yellow jacket walking away

The Old Timer Says: A Writing Journal

9780870209543


Everyone has a story to tell. In The Old Timer Says, Jerry Apps provides the space and inspiration to capture their own stories. Lined journal pages with prompts to get the ideas flowing. Full details below.

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press
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$15.00
Front cover of the book "Lunkers, Keepers, and Ones that Got Away" by Jerry Apps. Published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press in 2025.

Lunkers, Keepers, and Ones that Got Away: Fish Tales from Four Generations of Anglers

9781976600456
A nostalgic collection of stories celebrating a lifetime of fishing with family and friends and the lessons, laughs, and lasting memories reeled in along the way by Jerry Apps.
$20.00
Cover of the book Meet Me on the Midway by Jerry Apps

Meet Me on the Midway: A History of Wisconsin Fairs

9780870209833
Take a nostalgic ride around the fair with celebrated rural historian, Jerry Apps, as the former 4-H leader and fair judge showcases the history of Wisconsin county fairs (and the state fair) in this salute to one of the Midwest’s greatest summer traditions!
$26.95
Book cover of "More than Words" by Jerry Apps with a photo of Mr. Apps sitting outside in a rocking chair on green grass with a building behind with brown wood siding.

More Than Words: A Memoir of a Writing Life

9780870209970
Beginning with a boyhood surrounded by storytellers, Jerry Apps engages readers with stories about his path to becoming one of the Midwest’s best-known and most revered writers. A book for book lovers! Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press.
$24.95
Cover of the Wisconsin Magazine of History Summer 2022 edition. An aerial photo of a red biplane as it takes a sharp corner, leaving curved trail of white smoke. Green fields in the background.

Summer 2022 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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How Oshkosh Landed the World's Largest Fly-In. A Paper Carrier Remembers D-Day. Book Excerpt: "Meet Me on the Midway." More!
$10.00
Cover of the Fall 2020 edition of the Wisconsin Magazine of History showing a black and white full page photo of two men in white shirts standing outside at Pendarvis in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

Fall 2020 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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All Roads to Pendarvis House. The Truth Behind "Tail Gunner" Joe McCarthy. Book Excerpt: "Make Way for Liberty."
$10.00
White ceramic coffee mug featuring a vintage-style illustration of a muskie fish leaping from the water, with the text "Home of the Muskie" on a black banner and "Wisconsin" in bold orange letters below.

Home of the Muskie Mug

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When you can’t make it to the lake, bring the spirit of fishing to your morning brew with the Home of the Muskie mug. Perfect for daydreaming about your next big catch. Grab yours today and reel in that up north lakeside vibe!
$14.95