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Les Paul book cover featuring image of Les holding guitar surrounded by blue with orange border

Les Paul: Guitar Wizard

9780870204883
Paperback: $12.95
112 pages, 60 b/w photos, and 5 maps, 7 x 9
ISBN:9780870204883

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Lucius Fairchild book cover featuring graphic of Lucius surrounded by light brown with dark brown border

Lucius Fairchild: A Civil War Hero

9780870204609
Paperback: $12.95
112 pages, 29 b/w photos and 8 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204609

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Madeline Island Region

Madeline Island and the Chequamegon Region

9780870201462
Paperback: $8.95
64 pages, 20 b/w photos, 2 maps, 6 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870201462

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Madison by Zane Williams

Madison by Zane Williams

9780978948702
Paperback: $24.95
128 pages, 210 color photos, 9.25 x 11.5"
ISBN: 9780978948702

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Madison in the Sixties

Madison in the Sixties

9780870208836
Paperback: $29.95
432 pages, 161 b/w illus., 8x9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-883-6

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$29.95
Make Way for Liberty - book cover

Make Way for Liberty: Wisconsin African Americans in the Civil War

9780870209468

Hundreds of African American soldiers and regimental employees represented Wisconsin in the Civil War, and many of them lived in the state either before or after the conflict. And yet, if these individuals are mentioned at all in histories of the state, it is with a sentence or two about their small numbers.... Full details below.

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$24.95
Picture of Mapping Wisconsin History Teacher's Guide and Student Materials

Mapping Wisconsin History Teacher's Guide and Student Materials

9780870205088
CD-ROM format
ISBN: 978-0-87020-508-8

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$39.95
Picture of Mary Nohl: A Lifetime in Art

Mary Nohl: A Lifetime in Art

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

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Picture of The Making of Pioneer Wisconsin: Voices of Early Settlers

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
Picture of Mexicans in Wisconsin

Mexicans in Wisconsin

9780870208348
Paperback
128 pages, 30 b&w photos, 6x9
ISBN: 9780870208348

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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!

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$26.95
Milwaukee Braves Heroes and Heartbreak

Milwaukee Braves Heroes and Heartbreak

9780870204234
Paperback: $24.95
240 pages, 220 b/w photos and illus., 8 x 9
ISBN:9780870204234

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Picture of Milwaukee: A City Built on Water

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
Milwaukee in the 1930s: A Federal Writers Project City Guide

Milwaukee in the 1930s: A Federal Writers Project City Guide

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

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Milwaukee Mayhem: Murder and Mystery in the Cream City’s First Century

Milwaukee Mayhem: Murder and Mystery in the Cream City’s First Century

9780870207167
Paperback: $19.95
224 pages, 25 b&w photos, 5½ x 8½
ISBN: 9780870207167

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Autobiography of Meta Berger book cover with image of Meta Berger amongst black background

A Milwaukee Woman’s Life on the Left: The Autobiography of Meta Berger

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

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Mai Ya's Long Journey book cover featuring image of Mai surrounded by pink with green border

Mai Ya's Long Journey

9780870203657
Mai Ya's Long Journey follows Mai Ya Xiong, a young Hmong woman, from her childhood in Thailand's Ban Vinai Refugee Camp to her current home in Wisconsin.

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Mineral Point: A History

Mineral Point: A History

9780870206900
Paperback: $18.95
236 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 map
ISBN:9780870206900

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Picture of Monster Fire at Minong: Wisconsin’s Five Mile Tower Fire of 1977

Monster Fire at Minong: Wisconsin’s Five Mile Tower Fire of 1977

9780870204470
Paperback: $14.95
192 pages, 40 b/w photos, 3 maps, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870204470

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Picture of Mountain Wolf Woman: A Ho-Chunk Girlhood

Mountain Wolf Woman: A Ho-Chunk Girlhood

9780870203817
Paperback: $12.95
88 pages, 55 photos and illus., 8 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN:9780870203817

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Modern Jungles book cover featuring bold yellow title and blue, purple, and green trees in background

Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee's Childhood Story of Survival

9780870209598
After a difficult and perilous journey that neither of his parents survived, five-year-old Pao Lor reached the safety of Thailand, but the young refugee boy's challenges were only just beginning.

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$20.00
My Life with the Green & Gold: Tales from 20 Years of Sportscasting

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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Picture of The Misunderstood Mission of Jean Nicolet: Uncovering the Story of the 1634 Journey

The Misunderstood Mission of Jean Nicolet: Uncovering the Story of the 1634 Journey

9780870208799
Hardcover: $28.95
256 pages, 26 b/w photos, 6x9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-879-9

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$28.95
Picture of Native People of Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded Edition

Native People of Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded Edition

9780870207488
Paperback: $15.95
208 pages, 178 b&w photos and illus., 36 maps, 8 x 7
ISBN: 9780870207488

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Never Curse the Rain: A Farm Boy’s Reflection on Water

Never Curse the Rain: A Farm Boy’s Reflection on Water

9780870207945
Hardcover: $22.95
160 pages, 5 1/2 x 8
ISBN: 9780870207945

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$22.95
Book cover of "Never Givin' Up: The Life and Music of Al Jarreau" Featuring black and white photo of Jarreau holding a microphone.

Never Givin' Up: The Life and Music of Al Jarreau

9781976600197
The first biography to chronicle the life and career of one of the most beloved musical artists to come out of Wisconsin. From his earliest days singing in the 1940s until his death in 2017, Jarreau defied categorization.
$28.95
Norwegians in Wisconsin Book Cover featuring a black and white photograph of a Norwegian family in front of their house with a Norwegian flag being flown in the background

Norwegians in Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded Edition

9780870203343
Paperback
72 pp, photos
ISBN:9780870203343

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Odd Wisconsin

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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Old Abe the War Eagle book cover featuring an illustration of a bald eagle.

Old Abe the War Eagle: A True Story of the Civil War and Reconstruction

9780870202391
Paperback: $12.95
120 pp, maps, softcover
ISBN: 9780870202391

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Old Farm Country Cookbook

Old Farm Country Cookbook: Recipes, Menus, and Memories

9780870208300
Seasoned with personal stories, menus, and family photos, Old Farm Country Cookbook recalls a time when electricity had not yet found its way to the farm, when making sauerkraut was a family endeavor, and when homemade ice cream tasted better than anything you could buy at the store.

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Picture of Old Farm: A History

Old Farm: A History

9780870206368
Paperback: $24.95
240 pages, 114 photos, 2 maps, 8 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204067

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Ole Evinrude book cover featuring image of Ole surrounded by light blue with brown border

Ole Evinrude and His Outboard Motor

9780870204203
Paperback: $12.95
78 pages, 42 b/w photos, 1 map, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204326

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The Old Timer Says: A Writing Journal Cover with blue title an a drawing of old man in yellow jacket walking away

The Old Timer Says: A Writing Journal

9780870209543


Everyone has a story to tell. In The Old Timer Says, Jerry Apps provides the space and inspiration to capture their own stories. Lined journal pages with prompts to get the ideas flowing. Full details below.

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$15.00
Picture of On a Clear Night - Essays from the Heartland

On a Clear Night - Essays from the Heartland

9780870208249
Paperback: $20.00
192 pages, 1 b&w photo, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870208249

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Picture of Once a Professor: A Memoir of Teaching in Turbulent Times

Once a Professor: A Memoir of Teaching in Turbulent Times

9780870208577
Hardcover: $22.95
256 pages, 39 b&w photos, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 978-0-87020-857-7

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One Room Schools: Stories from the Days of 1 Room, 1 Teacher, 8 Grades

One Room Schools: Stories from the Days of 1 Room, 1 Teacher, 8 Grades

9780870206153
Paperback: $15.95
104 pages, 70 color and b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870206153

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$15.95