# stories

Letters from the Front

9780870202681

Paperback: $15.95
192 pages, 46 b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870202681

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Danes in Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded Edition

9780870203664

Paperback. 71 pp, illustrated, photos
ISBN: 9780870203664

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$9.95

Odd Wisconsin: Amusing, Perplexing, and Unlikely Stories from Wisconsin's Past

9780870203831

Paperback: $16.95
200 pp, illustrations, 5.5" x 6.5"
ISBN:9780870203831

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$16.95

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Fill'er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations | DVD

9780870204258

Fill 'er Up is produced as a partnership of the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Public Television. Fill 'er Up was made possible by The Wisconsin History Fund supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
DVD Running time 30 minutes

$19.95 $9.98

Out of the Northwoods: The Many Lives of Paul Bunyan

9780870204371

Hardcover: $24.95
288 Pages, b/w photos, maps, 6" x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204371

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Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories: Our Veterans Remember

9780870204487

Paperback: $24.95
400 pgs., 175 photographs, 7 original maps, dozens of historic letters and documents
ISBN: 9780870204487

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Horse-Drawn Days: a Century of Farming with Horses

9780870204456

Paperback: $24.95
240 pages, 140 b/w and color photos and illus., 8 x 9
ISBN: 9780870204456

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Creating Dairyland

9780870204630

Paperback: $26.95
232 pages, 120 b/w and color photos, 7 x 9"
ISBN:9780870204630

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Freedom Train North: Stories of the Underground Railroad in Wisconsin

9780870204746

Paperback: $15.95
136 pages, 42 b/w photos and 11 maps, 8 x 9
ISBN:9780870204746

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History Afield: Stories from the Golden Age of Wisconsin Sporting Life

9780870204296

Hardcover: $24.95
208 pages, 30 b/w photos, 6 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204296

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Return to Wake Robin: One Cabin in the Heyday of Northwoods Resorts

9780870204913

Return to Wake Robin; One Cabin in the Heyday of Northwoods Resorts
by Marnie O. Mamminga

In a series of evocative remembrances, Mamminga takes readers to Wake Robin, the cabin her grandparents built in 1929 on Big Spider Lake near Hayward—on land adjacent to Moody’s Camp—the cabin five generations of Mamminga’s family have returned to every summer since.

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$22.95

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Green Bay Packers: Trials, Triumphs and Tradition

9780870204975

Paperback: $26.95
416 pages, 337 color & b/w photos/ illus., 8 x 9”
ISBN: 9780870204975

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The Bark River Chronicles: Stories from a Wisconsin Watershed

9780870205026

Paperback: $18.95
304 pages, 25 b/w photos and illus., 14 maps, 5.5 x 8"
ISBN: 9780870205026

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This Wicked Rebellion: Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers Write Home

9780870205040

Hardcover: $22.95
240 pages, 33 b/w photos and illustrations, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870205040

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This Superior Place: Stories of Bayfield and the Apostle Islands

9780870205798

Paperback: $19.95
150 pages, 135 color and b/w photos and illus., 8 x 9
ISBN: 9780870205798

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Creating Dairyland | Audio Book

9780870205910

The story of dairying in Wisconsin is the story of how our very landscape and way of life were created. Details below.

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Something for Everyone: Memories of Lauerman Brothers Department Store

9780870205811

Hardcover: $22.95
224 pages, 120 b/w photos, 5 ½ x 8
ISBN: 9780870205811

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My Life with the Green & Gold: Tales from 20 Years of Sportscasting

9780870206191

Paperback: $18.95
240 p, 40 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870206191

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Great Ships on the Great Lakes book cover featuring underwater scuba and sunken ship

Great Ships on the Great Lakes: A Maritime History

9780870205828

Great Ships on the Great Lakes tells of the sea battles, treacherous storms, and unexpected tragedies that sent thousands of ships to the bottom of these so-called low seas. Designed for the upper elementary classroom with emphasis on Michigan and Wisconsin.

$18.95

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From the Top: Brief Transmissions from Tent Show Radio

9780870206801

Paperback: $15.95
160 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ¼
ISBN: 9780870206801

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The Heart of Things: A Midwestern Almanac

9780870206726

Hardcover: $22.95
200 Pages
ISBN: 9780870206726

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$22.95

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Blue Men and River Monsters: Folklore of the North

9780870206702

From magical creatures of the old country to legends of the mysterious and macabre, this lore is a record of the stories people held on to and the customs, foods, and cures that filled their lives. Peruse these pages and discover a new history of the people and places of the old north.

$18.95

The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names

9780870207075

Paperback: $19.95
320 pages, 10 b&w images, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207075

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Some Like It Cold: Surfing the Malibu of the Midwest

9780870207464

Paperback: $16.95
224 pages, 46 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870207464

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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

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$19.95

Going for Wisconsin Gold book cover featuring light blue and yellow with sun in the corner

Going for Wisconsin Gold: Stories of Our State Olympians

9780870207655

Paperback: $19.95
304 pages, 63 color and b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207655

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Frenchtown Chronicles of Prairie du Chien book cover featuring illustration of green scenery

Frenchtown Chronicles of Prairie du Chien: History and Folklore from Wisconsin’s Frontier

9780870207594

Hardcover: $26.95
192 pages, 24 color photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207594

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Roughneck Grace: Farmer Yoga, Creeping Codgerism, Apple Golf, and Other Brief Essays from On and Off the Back Forty

9780870208126

Paperback: $18.95
172 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ¼
ISBN: 9780870208126

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This Storied River: Legend & Lore of the Upper Mississippi

9780870207846

This Storied River celebrates the Upper Mississippi’s colorful history and the unique role the river has played in shaping the Midwest. Each chapter includes a short list of must-see sites for the modern-day explorer.

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The Chippewa: Biography of a Wisconsin Waterway

9780870207808

Paperback: $20.00
200 pages, 50 b&w photos, 1 map, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870207808

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The Great War Comes to Wisconsin: Sacrifice, Patriotism, and Free Speech in a Time of Crisis

9780870207822

Paperback: $26.95
240 pages, b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207822

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Danger, Man Working: Writing from the Heart, the Gut, and the Poison Ivy Patch

9780870208409

Paperback: $18.95
288 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870208409

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The Wisconsin Capitol

9780870208423

Hardcover: $25.00
192 pages, 110 b&w/color photos, 7 x 9
ISBN: 9780870208423

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$25.00

Somos Latinas: Voices of Wisconsin Latina Activists

9780870208591

Paperback, $24.95
302 pages, 38 b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-859-1

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Milwaukee: A City Built on Water

9780870208652

Hardcover: $28.95
244 pages, 5 maps, 7 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-865-2

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$28.95

Taking Flight: A History of Birds and People in the Heart of America

9780870208362

Paperback: $28.95
304 pages, 61 b&w and color photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-836-2

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$28.95

Letters from the Boys: Wisconsin World War I Soldiers Write Home

9780870208515

Paperback: $19.95
200 pages, 40 b&w photos, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 978-0-87020-851-5

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Remembering the Holocaust: Second Edition

9780870202933

Paperback, $12.95
169 pages, photos
ISBN: 9780870202933

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$12.95

Cream City Chronicles book cover featuring illustration of Milwaukee city

Cream City Chronicles: Stories of Milwaukee's Past

9780870207587

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.

$18.95

Ringlingville USA | Paperback Edition

9780870203558

The Ringling Brothers confronted the challenges of taxation, war, economic pressure, changing technology, and personal sorrows. They emerge as complex characters whose ambition, imagination, and pure hucksterism fueled the phenomenon that was the Ringling Brothers' Circus.

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$26.95 $20.21

Settlin': Stories of Madison's Early African American Families

9780870208850

Author: Muriel Simms
Paperback: $18.95
224 pages, 64 b/w illus., 6x9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-885-0

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$18.95

The Making of Pioneer Wisconsin: Voices of Early Settlers

9780870208898

Paperback: $18.95
192 pages, 18 b/w photos, 6x9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-889-8

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$18.95

We've Been Here Along: Wisconsin's Early Gay History

We've Been Here All Along: Wisconsin's Early Gay History

9780870209123

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Author: R. Richard Wagner
Paperback
448 pages. 91 b&w photos and illustrations. 6 x 9"
ISBN: 978-0-87020-912-3
Publication Date: April, 2019
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$28.95

Ridge Stories: Herding Hens, Powdering Pigs, and Other Recollections from a Boyhood in the Driftless

9780870209239

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Author: Gary Jones
Paperback
208 pages. 5.5 x 8.5"
ISBN: 9780870209239
Publication Date: Fall 2019
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$20.00

The Wisconsin Story: 150 People, Places, and Turning Points that Shaped the Badger State

9780870209314

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Author: Dennis McCann
Paperback
376 pages. 5.5 x 8.5"
ISBN: 9780870209314
Publication Date: Fall 2019
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$24.95

Hope is the Thing: Wisconsinites on Perseverance in a Pandemic

9780870209772

In one hundred essays and poems, Wisconsinites reflect on "hope" in the era of COVID-19 and illustrate that hope can come in many forms: a dad dance, a birth plan, an unblemished banana, a visit from a neighborhood dog, the revival of an old tradition, and more.

$24.95

Dead Lines book cover featuring newspaper in middle with yellow background

Dead Lines: Slices of Life from the Obit Beat

9780870209666

Discover the extraordinary among the ordinary in this collection of feature obituaries and related news stories from longtime Wisconsin State Journal reporter George Hesselberg.

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$20.00

We've Been Here All Along - Wisconsin's Early Gay History | Audiobook

9780870209758

The first of two groundbreaking volumes on gay history in Wisconsin, We've Been Here All Along provides an illuminating and nuanced picture of Wisconsin's gay history from the reporting on the Oscar Wilde trials of 1895 to the landmark Stonewall Riots of 1969. More details, below.

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$34.95 $17.48

Wisconsin Legends and Lore

9781467143448

Haunting and curious tales from Dairyland. Author Tea Krulos, an expert in all things strange and unusual, digs up Wisconsin favorites and arcane lore.

$21.99

Cover of the book Meet Me on the Midway by Jerry Apps

Meet Me on the Midway: A History of Wisconsin Fairs

9780870209833

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!

$26.95 $20.21

Cover of the book "Here on Lake Hallie" by Patti See with illustration of people around a campfire in winter.

Here on Lake Hallie: In Praise of Barflies, Fix-It Guys, and Other Folks in Our Hometown

9780870209918

Essays on barflies, fix-it guys, and other eccentric small-town folks come together in a humorous and touching collection that shares the heart of a Midwestern lake community.

$20.00

Book cover of "Wisconsin Waters" by Scott Spoolman with color photo of a river in summer with trees and eroded sandstone on the banks. Title in large font at the top.

Wisconsin Waters: The Ancient History of Lakes, Rivers, and Waterfalls

9780870209949

Wisconsin Waters takes readers on an epic tour of the geologic, natural, and human stories that have shaped these aquatic landscapes over millions of years.

$26.95

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

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 $18.71

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.

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$18.95

"FATES and TRAITORS" is written in large bold white letters, surrounded by red floral patterns. In the background is a black and white image of two people. Above the title, the author's name "JENNIFER CHIAVERINI," is written in white text. Below the title, in white script, "A novel of JOHN WILKES BOOTH," is written.

Fates and Traitors: A Novel of John Wilkes Booth

9780525954309

Fates and Traitors is a historical fiction that brings to life pivotal actors who made an indelible mark on the history of the United States.

$27.00 $13.50

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 $8.98

Son of Fortune

9780375864568

An adventure packed historical fiction novel following a young man on a journey of a lifetime - from San Francisco to Peru.

$16.99 $8.50

"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

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