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.
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.
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.
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.
Details: Author: Matthew J. Prigge Paperback 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
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.
Details: Authors: By Chris Multerer with Larry Widen Paperback 168 pages. 5.5 x 8.5" ISBN: 9780870209253 Publication Date: Fall 2019 Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press
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.
Coming Soon! Expected Release Date: June, 2022. 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!