In This Issue
- Letter from the Editor
- "The Baseball Blues: The Superior Blues and the Struggle for Survival in the Minors" by Daryl Webb
- "A Yankee Whig in Milwaukee: Rufus King Jr. and the City's First Public Schools" by Kyle P. Steele
- "Max and Ava Fernekes: A Duet in Paint and Clay" by Cliff Krainik
- "The World Walked on Milwaukee Leather: Hemlock and Wisconsin's Tanning Industry" by John Bates
- Book Excerpt: "Taking Flight: A History of Birds and People in the Heart of America" by Michael Edmonds
- The Hesseltine Award
- Letters
- Curio
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