New Books

As Wisconsin governor from 1971 to 1977, Patrick J. Lucey pursued an ambitious progressive agenda, tempered by the concerns of a fiscal conservative and a pragmatic realist. His legacy, which included merging Wisconsin’s universities into one system and equalizing the funding formula for public schools, continues to impact Wisconsin residents and communities. Details, below.

This book will be released in November of 2020. To pre-order, please contact the Chicago Distribution Center directly at 800.621.2736 or by email at custserv@press.uchicago.edu.

This book will be released in September of 2020. To pre-order, please contact the Chicago Distribution Center directly at 800.621.2736 or by email at custserv@press.uchicago.edu.

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.

This book will be released in October of 2020. To pre-order, please contact the Chicago Distribution Center directly at 800.621.2736 or by email at custserv@press.uchicago.edu.

On a gray and drizzly day in 1983, writer Alice D’Alessio and her math professor husband, Laird, made their way down a curving, tree-lined driveway on their way to a picnic. They were visiting 115 acres of land in Wisconsin’s unglaciated Driftless Area that Laird had inherited from his parents. Emerging from the trees, Alice had her first glimpse of the valley that would become a twenty-five-year labor of love for the couple. Details, below.

This book will be released in October of 2020. To pre-order, please contact the Chicago Distribution Center directly at 800.621.2736 or by email at custserv@press.uchicago.edu.

Everyone has a story to tell. In The Old Timer Says, Jerry Apps provides writers and non-writers alike space and inspiration to capture their own stories. Full details below.

This book will be released in October of 2020. To pre-order, please contact the Chicago Distribution Center directly at 800.621.2736 or by email at custserv@press.uchicago.edu.

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Series is a reference collection that aims to preserve the state-by-state debates about the ratification of the United States Constitution. Details below.