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Picture of Old Farm: A History

Old Farm: A History

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

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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Picture of Gudrun’s Kitchen: Recipes from a Norwegian Family

Gudrun’s Kitchen: Recipes from a Norwegian Family

Paperback: $22.95
272 pages, 20 b/w photos, 8 x 8
ISBN: 9780870204623

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$22.95
Limping Through Life: A Farm Boy’s Polio Memoir

Limping Through Life: A Farm Boy’s Polio Memoir

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

Hardcover: $22.95
160 pages
ISBN: 9780870206078

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$22.95
Whispers and Shadows: A Naturalist’s Memoir

Whispers and Shadows: A Naturalist’s Memoir

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

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$22.95
One-Room Country Schools

One-Room Country Schools

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
Picture of Hunting Camp 52: Tales from a North Woods Deer Camp

Hunting Camp 52: Tales from a North Woods Deer Camp

Paperback: $18.95
176 pages, 44 b&w photos and illus, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870207730

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$18.95
Good Seeds book cover featuring image of point of view in a canoe

Good Seeds: A Menominee Indian Food Memoir

Hardcover: $19.95
96 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN:9780870207716

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$19.95
Picture of On a Clear Night - Essays from the Heartland

On a Clear Night - Essays from the Heartland

Paperback: $20.00
192 pages, 1 b&w photo, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870208249

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$20.00
Old Farm Country Cookbook

Old Farm Country Cookbook: Recipes, Menus, and Memories

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

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

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
Picture of Simple Things: Lessons from the Family Farm

Simple Things: Lessons from the Family Farm

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
The Land Still Lives

The Land Still Lives

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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
Climbing My Mountain book cover featuring image of Sheldon in a green suit jacket

Climbing My Mountain - My Life, Words, and Values

Sheldon B. Lubar is one of Wisconsin’s leading entrepreneurs, most generous philanthropists, and most public-spirited citizens. This memoir shares the secrets of his success and explains the deeply held principles behind it.

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$29.95
Self-Made Woman: A Memoir

Self-Made Woman: A Memoir

Denise DuBois, born and raised in Wisconsin, shares her story of remaking herself and embracing the woman she is today. Details below.
$26.95 $20.21
The Black Penguin book cover featuring image of a photographer taking a photo of two penguins

The Black Penguin

Andrew Evans, shares his story of rejection, exploration, self-realization along his journey to Antarctica. Details below.
$24.95 $18.71
My Mom cover with gold lettering. Light pink and white flower pattern with a black book spine.

My Mom: In Her Own Words

Create a priceless keepsake for the whole family with this prompted interview book. Fill it with memories that will be loved for generations!
$10.95
Joyworks cover featuring author Mike Cudahy dressed in red and white button down shirt with black jacket. In front of a sailboat on the dock.

Joyworks: The Story of Marquette Electronics and Two Lucky Entrepreneurs

The story of how Michael Cudahy and his friend and partner Warren Cozzens created Marquette Electronics, one of the miracles of modern business.

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$19.95
Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods Cover featuring four different groups of Milwaukee folks.

Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods

Based on the popular series of posters published by the City of Milwaukee in the 1980s, this book features both historical chronicles and contemporary portraits of 37 neighborhoods that emerged before World War II

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$39.99
Byron Kilbourn and the Development of Milwaukee cover featuring painting of Byron.

Byron Kilbourn and the Development of Milwaukee

Written by two Milwaukee County historians, Goodwin Berquist and Paul C. Bowers, Jr, this full-length biography of one of Milwaukee's founding fathers follows Byron Kilbourn from his boyhood home in Ohio to Wisconsin.

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$14.95
Useful Work for Unskilled Women book cover with various women making handcrafts

Useful Work for Unskilled Women: A Unique Milwaukee WPA Project

Mary Kellogg Rice describes a unique Milwaukee project in the post-Depression years which trained thousands of unskilled, uneducated women in the production of a variety of handicrafts.

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$24.95
Milwaukee at Mid-Century book coverfeaturing photograph of train and building in background

Milwaukee at Mid-Century: The Photographs of Lyle Oberwise

Lyle Oberwise spent a period of nearly 50 years collecting 43,00 color slides depicting Milwaukee's architecture and people.

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$39.95
Love and Other Letters book cover featuring two black and white photographs of individuals and different handwritten letters

Love and Other Letters

Nancy Oestreich Lurie found a shopping bag filled with letters from her mother's childhood, and they turned out to be historically enlightening and entertaining.

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$14.95
The Making of Milwaukee book cover featuring bold title and images of many different Milwaukee natives

The Making of Milwaukee

Renowned historian John Gurda chronicles the development of a community whose past has produced one of the most livable big cities in America and, at the same time, created some daunting social and economic problems. Thoroughly illustrated. Fourth edition.

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$35.00
Milwaukee at the Gathering of the Waters book cover in tan with picture of Milwaukee

Milwaukee at the Gathering of the Waters

A pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth and development of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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$20.00
Greater Milwaukee's Growing Pains book cover

Greater Milwaukee's Growing Pains, 1950-2000: An Insider's View

This book examines the historic trends and battles which shaped Milwaukee, including the boundary wars of the 1950s and lawsuits over the polluting of Lake Michigan.

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$19.95
An Industrial Heritage book cover featuring black background and red industrial equipment

An Industrial Heritage: Allis-Chalmers Corporation

Learn about the Allis-Chalmers' early history and the personalities that led the business through industrial, economic, and political cycles.

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$17.95
Book cover of "Little Hawk and Lone Wolf" with an illustration of a forest scene with a river running through it. A boy and wolf are on the left bank of the river.

Little Hawk and the Lone Wolf: A Memoir

Little Hawk shares his life journey—a story that is wise and irreverent, often funny, and deeply moving. New paperback edition.

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$20.00
Book cover of "Dairylandia" with color photo of a farm scene with a cow in the foreground and a barn in the background, under a blue sky. The barn features a mural of the Mona Lisa wearing a Wisconsin Badgers footbal T-shirt.

Dairylandia

Dairylandia recounts Steve Hannah’s burgeoning love for his adopted state. These captivating vignettes are by turns humorous, tragic, and remarkable—and remind us of our shared humanity.
$18.95
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

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
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$24.95
Picture of Voices from Vietnam

Voices from Vietnam

An unforgettable collection of 174 letters and diary entries written by ninety-two Wisconsin men and women who served in Vietnam.

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$18.95
	Book cover of "Obreros Unidos" with full page black and white picture of picketing farm workers and close-up of Jesus Salas in the foreground, microphone in hand. Title of the book in bold red font at the top.

Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Union

A first-hand narrative of the fight for farmworkers' rights from celebrated labor leader, Jesus Salas. Young leaders founded Obreros Unidos (Workers United) to fight for fairness and respect, and to provide services to migrant families.

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press
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$24.95