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  • The Wisconsin Historical Society

    Collecting, Preserving, and Sharing Stories Since 1846

    by John Zimm ...
    Explore the storied history of this grand Wisconsin treasure – the Wisconsin Historical Society, older than the state itself. From the Society’s earliest days as pioneers worked to record history even as it was happening, to its struggles to weather the Great Depression, and its landmark efforts to record the most important social and political movements of our times. From its very start, the ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Blue Men and River Monsters

    Folklore of the North

    by John Zimm ...
    The north is a treasure trove of folklore. From magical creatures of the old country to legends of the mysterious and macabre, such lore is a fascinating record of the stories people held on to and the customs, foods, and cures that filled their lives. Collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers’ Program, a Depression-era works project, these are the stories of Norwegian and Swiss ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • John Nelligan

    Wisconsin Lumberjack

    by John Zimm ...
    Series series Badger Biographies Series
    Experience the adventures and tough life of a lumberjack in this newest addition to the Badger Biographies Series. Author John Zimm leads young readers on a journey through the lumbering heyday of Wisconsin’s North Woods as witnessed by lumberman John Nelligan, whose writings were the basis for John Nelligan: Wisconsin Lumberjack.Born in 1852, Nelligan rose through the lumberjack ranks, starting ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • This Wicked Rebellion

    Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers Write Home

    Edited by John Zimm ...
    Over one hundred and fifty years after it began, the Civil War still fascinates us—the vast armies marching to war, iconic leaders like Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee, the drama of a nation divided. But the Civil War was also about individuals, the hundreds of thousands of ordinary men and boys who fought and died on either side and the families and friends left at home.This Wicked Rebellion: ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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    The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America

    by Donald L. Miller ...
    "A wonderfully readable account of Chicago's early history" and the inspiration behind PBS's American Experience (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times).Depicting its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world's most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago—and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of ... Read more

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  • Wilderness and the American Mind

    Fifth Edition

    by Roderick Frazier Nash ...
    Roderick Nash’s classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history, as well as the origins of the environmental and conservation movements, has received wide acclaim since its initial publication in 1967. The Los Angeles Times listed it among the one hundred most influential books published in the last quarter century, Outside Magazine included it in a survey of books ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • Nature's Metropolis

    Chicago and the Great West

    by William Cronon ...
    A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "No one has written a better book about a city…Nature's Metropolis is elegant testimony to the proposition that economic, urban, environmental, and business history can be as graceful, powerful, and fascinating as a novel." —Kenneth T. Jackson, Boston Globe ... Read more

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  • The Appalachian Trail

    A Biography

    by Philip D'Anieri ...
    The Appalachian Trail is America's most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year. Yet few are aware of the fascinating backstory of the dreamers and builders who helped bring it to life over the past century.The conception and building of the Appalachian Trail is a story of unforgettable characters who explored it, defined it, and captured national attention by hiking it ... Read more

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  • Contested Waters

    A Social History of Swimming Pools in America

    by Jeff Wiltse ...
    From nineteenth-century public baths to today’s private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and cultural history of swimming pools in the United States, Jeff Wiltse relates how, over the years, pools have served as asylums for the urban poor, leisure resorts for the masses, and private clubs for middle-class suburbanites. As sites of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Gateway Arch

    by Tracy Campbell ...
    Series series Icons of America
    This "fascinating, engaging" history of St. Louis's monument to American expansion reveals a story of greed, discrimination, and community displacement (NextSTL.com).Rising to a triumphant height of 630 feet, the Gateway Arch is one of the world's most widely recognized structures and attracts millions of tourists to St. Louis every year. Envisioned in 1947 but not completed until the mid-1960s, ... Read more

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  • Women of the Northern Plains

    Gender and Settlement on the Homestead Frontier

    by Barbara Handy-Marchello ...
    In Women of the Northern Plains, Barbara Handy-Marchello tells the stories of the unsung heroes of North Dakota's settlement era: the farm women. As the men struggled to raise and sell wheat, the women focused on barnyard labor—raising chickens and cows and selling eggs and butter—to feed and clothe their families and maintain their households through booms and busts. Handy-Marchello focuses on ... Read more

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  • The Farm Press, Reform and Rural Change, 1895-1920

    by John J. Fry ...
    Series series Studies in American Popular History and Culture
    This project contributes to our understanding of rural Midwesterners and farm newspapers at the turn of the century. While cultural historians have mainly focused on readers in town and cities, it examines Midwestern farmers. It also contributes to the "new rural history" by exploring the ideas of Hal Barron and others that country people selectively adapted the advice given to them by reformers. ... Read more

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