# milwaukee

Paperback: $24.95
228 pages, 6 x 9
ISBN:9780870207297

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Filled with maps, drawings, and photographs of artifacts, this volume unlocks some of the mysteries of Aztalan, providing insights about the people who first settled there and why they disappeared.

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240 pages, 220 b/w photos and illus., 8 x 9
ISBN:9780870204234

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Produced by: Milwaukee Public Television and William Povletich
Running time: 60 minutes

Paperback: $12.95
136 pages, 60 b/w photos, 20 image color gallery
ISBN: 9780870205774

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From murder and matchstick men to all-consuming fires, painted women, and Great Lakes disasters--and the wide-eyed public who could not help but gawk at it all—Milwaukee Mayhem uncovers the little-remembered and rarely told history of the underbelly of a Midwestern metropolis.

Paperback: $24.95
288 pages, 12 maps, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207204

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Paperback: $19.95
115 pages, 8½ x 11
ISBN: 978-0-87020-754-9

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Paperback: $18.95
260 pages, 86 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870207426

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Paperback: $15.95
224 pages, 24 b & w photos an dillus, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870203220

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Paperback: $26.95
392 pages, 72 b&w photos, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870207884

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From singing mayors to bloody labor disturbances, "Cream City Chronicles" is a generous collection of lively stories that express the character of a hometown metropolis.

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Author: Matthew J. Prigge
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305 pages. 41 b&w photos and illustrations. 5.5 x 8.5
ISBN: 978-0-87020-881-2
Publication Date: March, 2019
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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In Job Man, Multerer, along with his friend Larry Widen, shows what life was like for wrestlers outside the spotlight. A revealing and remarkable story

Drink up the history of one of the most famous beer cities in the world. Learn about the people and the breweries that make this exciting city so special in Wisconsin.

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

Jones Island, originally a mile-long peninsula bordering on the Lake Michigan shoreline, has a long and fascinating history, including close ties to maritime industries and the rich ethnic heritage of Milwaukee.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

Walking Milwaukee leads readers through some of the city’s most interesting, scenic, and historic places.

Readers will find in these pages the biography of a bridge, a requiem for a union, odes to autumn and spring, a poem about aging, tales of two shipwrecks, a frank take on segregation, a visit to a junkyard, memories of the summer of ’68, and more.

Set of 4 Lake Michgian topographic map art coasters. A unique coaster set with details about size and depth!

Compiling more than 1,200 interviews, authors Jill Florence Lackey and Richard Petrie share ground-level perspectives of the lasting German influence on the Cream City.

Gathering interviews with residents of the now-vanished neighborhood, Dr. Sandra E. Jones reimagines Bronzeville not just as a place, but as a spirit engendered by a people determined to make a way out of no way.

Leading readers on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood tour, author and Milwaukee native Jim Nelsen pinpoints the fascinating historic locations of the Cream City.

Winning Women's Suffrage. Lead Mining & Slavery. Book Excerpt: "Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate." More!

A facsimile edition of the original "way to a man's heart," featuring authentic American recipes, European cooking, and Jewish favorites. First published in 1903, it was a staple of the American kitchen for more than fifty years.

"Home of the Finest Beer and People." Handmade in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Handmade in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee's Bronzeville, a thriving 12-block area along Walnut street, is remembered by African American elders as a good place to grow up—times were hard, but the community was tight.

$15.50 and up. Prints can be selected in a range of sizes, from postcard to poster, in paper or canvas. Printed to order and shipped to you. Prices vary with print size and type. Find ordering instructions below.

This entertaining story chronicles the career of a one-of-a-kind, independent promoter whose hardheadedness and love of music have helped him keep it real and make it in the music business for more than forty years.

The essence of a summer lakeside breeze. Small batch soy candle. Hand-poured in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Explore long-lost and never-before-seen images of Milwaukee's downtown, Mayfair Mall's Ice Chalet, Brady Street, the Mitchell Park Domes, Milwaukee County Stadium, and much, much more.

The Cream City of yesteryear was a dingy haven for scofflaws and villains. Local historian, Yance Marti, uncovers the rough and rowdy who once made Milwaukee infamous.

Uncovers dramatic true stories of villainy and murder from Milwaukee's long-forgotten past. Learn about the attempted assassination of President Theodore Roosevelt, robbery, murder, poisoning, and more.

The haunting, mysterious stories of Brew City come alive in this suspenseful book full of daring investigations and spooky history.

Beneath Milwaukee's calm façade, its ghastly past awaits.

In this Issue: A Potawatomi Drum Dance Story; "Messy Radio" and Alternative Music in Milwaukee; Book Excerpt: "Wisconsin for Kennedy"

Beautifully illustrated with historic photographs and original artwork, this compelling biography for young readers tells the remarkable story of fair housing advocate and civic leader Vel Phillips.