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      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 Gudrun’s Kitchen: Recipes from a Norwegian Family

      Gudrun’s Kitchen: Recipes from a Norwegian Family

      9780870204623
      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

      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

      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

      9780870207099
      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

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

      Hunting Camp 52: Tales from a North Woods Deer Camp

      9780870207730
      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

      9780870207716
      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

      9780870208249
      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

      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
      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

      For Library, Trade, and Wholesale
      $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
      My Mom cover with gold lettering. Light pink and white flower pattern with a black book spine.

      My Mom: In Her Own Words

      749190029605
      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

      9780938076179
      The story of how Michael Cudahy and his friend and partner Warren Cozzens created Marquette Electronics, one of the miracles of modern business.
      $19.95
      Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods Cover featuring four different groups of Milwaukee folks.

      Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods

      9780692451892
      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
      $39.99
      Byron Kilbourn and the Development of Milwaukee cover featuring painting of Byron.

      Byron Kilbourn and the Development of Milwaukee

      9780938076155
      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.
      $14.95
      Useful Work for Unskilled Women book cover with various women making handcrafts

      Useful Work for Unskilled Women: A Unique Milwaukee WPA Project

      9780938076186
      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.
      $24.95
      Milwaukee at Mid-Century book coverfeaturing photograph of train and building in background

      Milwaukee at Mid-Century: The Photographs of Lyle Oberwise

      9780938076193
      Lyle Oberwise spent a period of nearly 50 years collecting 43,00 color slides depicting Milwaukee's architecture and people.
      $39.95
      Love and Other Letters book cover featuring two black and white photographs of individuals and different handwritten letters

      Love and Other Letters

      9780615379692
      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.
      $14.95
      The Making of Milwaukee book cover featuring bold title and images of many different Milwaukee natives

      The Making of Milwaukee

      9780692138373
      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.
      $35.00
      Milwaukee at the Gathering of the Waters book cover in tan with picture of Milwaukee

      Milwaukee at the Gathering of the Waters

      9780938076063
      A pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth and development of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
      $20.00
      Greater Milwaukee's Growing Pains book cover

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

      9780938076162
      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.
      $19.95
      An Industrial Heritage book cover featuring black background and red industrial equipment

      An Industrial Heritage: Allis-Chalmers Corporation

      9780938076025
      Learn about the Allis-Chalmers Company, its early history and the personalities that led the business through industrial, economic, and political cycles.
      $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

      9781976600029
      Little Hawk shares his life journey—a story that is wise and irreverent, often funny, and deeply moving.
      $20.00
      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
      Picture of Voices from Vietnam

      Voices from Vietnam

      9780870202872
      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 Movement

      9781976600074
      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.
      $24.95
      Front cover of the Wisconsin Magazine of History with black and white image of 1940's baseball player, Sophie Kurys, one foot on the base and poised to throw the baseball.

      Spring 2023 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

      1000000409
      In this Issue: The story of the All-American Girls Softball League; Raymond Hagen's memoir of growing up on Washington Island; The story of "Stambaugh's Treaty"; book excerpt from "Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement."
      $10.00
      Illustration of solar system on a yellow background with "Daughter in Retrograde" written in red on the bottom. Below that, the author's name, "Courtney Kersten" is written in black letters.

      Daughter in Retrograde: A Memoir

      9780299317003
      Courtney Kersten charts the uncertainty of her midwestern homeland by looking to the stars and the planets in this bittersweet and transformative memoir.
      $24.95 $6.24
      This cover features an image of a boy wearing red pants standing with a cow. The title, "THE LAND OF MILK AND UNCLE HONEY," is written in bold, black letters. Underneath that, the subtitle "MEMORIES FROM THE FARM OF MY YOUTH," is written in thin black letters. Underneath that is the author's names "ALAN GUEBERT WITH MARY GRACE FOXWELL," written in the same font.

      The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey

      9780252080944
      A heartfelt and humorous memoir about the hard, laborious life on a farm in the early 1960s, a dairy operation on 700 acres of rich Illinois bottomland.
      $17.95 $4.49
      "My Family and Other Hazards," written in blue text over an image with a green filter of a family playing mini golf.

      My Family and Other Hazards: A Memoir

      9780805098310
      A funny, heartwarming memoir about saying goodbye to your childhood home, in this case a quirky, one-of-a-kind, family-run miniature golf course in Wisconsin.
      $25.00 $12.50
      "The DEER CAMP" written in cream colored letters over a photograph of three boys fishing in the river.

      The Deer Camp: A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them

      9781635573480
      Dean Kuipers weaves a beautiful and surprising story about the restorative power of land and of his own family, which so desperately needed healing.
      $28.00 $7.00
      "Roll Out the Barrels," is written in yellow on a blue background above a black and white photograph of men with barrels.

      Roll out the Barrels

      9780984727674
      A thorough and fascinating history of barrel making and the largest independent cooperage in Wisconsin: a family business story. AUTOGRAPHED COPY!
      $24.95 $6.24
      Book cover of "When is Daddy Coming Home" with two black and white photos of parents with young children. Title in black font on white background.

      When is Daddy Coming Home? An American Family during World War II

      9781976600401
      COMING SOON: A powerful memoir that illuminates life on the home front and the impact of World War II on an American family.
      $19.95