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  • Out of the Northwoods

    The Many Lives of Paul Bunyan, With More Than 100 Logging Camp Tales

    by Michael Edmonds ...
    Every American has heard of the lumberjack hero Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox. For 100 years his exploits filled cartoons, magazines, short stories, and children's books, and his name advertised everything from pancake breakfasts to construction supplies. By 1950 Bunyan was a ubiquitous icon of America's strength and ingenuity. Until now, no one knew where he came from—and the extent to which ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Bringing Freud to America

    Publishers, Pirates and the Popularization of His Ideas

    by Michael Edmonds ...
    In 1900, hardly anyone in America had heard of Sigmund Freud, but by 1920 nearly everyone had. This is the story of the translators, editors, journalists, publishers, promoters and booksellers who first brought Freud to American readers. They included scientists and scoundrels, reckless risk-takers and buttoned-down businessmen, puritans and libertines, anarchists and capitalists, passionate ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • The Wisconsin Capitol

    Stories of a Monument and Its People

    by Michael Edmonds ...
    On the occasion of the Capitol’s centennial in 2017, this book tells the remarkable story of the building—in all its incarnations—and the people who made history beneath its dome. The book covers the creation of the territorial capitol in 1837, the construction of the second capitol in the 1860s (and the fire that almost completely destroyed it in 1904), the eleven-year construction project that ... 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

  • Risking Everything

    A Freedom Summer Reader

    by Michael Edmonds ...
    Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Reader documents the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, when SNCC and CORE workers and volunteers arrived in the Deep South to register voters and teach non-violence, and more than 60,000 black Mississippians risked everything to overturn a system that had brutally exploited them.In the 44 original documents in this anthology, you’ll read their letters, ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Taking Flight

    A History of Birds and People in the Heart of America

    by Michael Edmonds ...
    A dynamic account of ornithological history in America’s heartland.Today, more than fifty million Americans traipse through wetlands at dawn, endure clouds of mosquitoes, and brave freezing autumn winds just to catch a glimpse of a bird. The human desire to connect with winged creatures defies age and generation. In the Midwest, humans and birds have lived together for more than twelve thousand ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Warriors, Saints, and Scoundrels

    Brief Portraits of Real People Who Shaped Wisconsin

    by Michael Edmonds, Samantha Snyder ...
    A governor who saw ghosts, an incorrigible horse thief, a husband and wife who each stood over seven feet tall, an American Indian chief who defied forced removal, and the first woman to practice law before the Supreme Court: these are just some of the remarkable characters whose lives influenced and defined the state of Wisconsin. Authors Michael Edmonds and Samantha Snyder plumbed the depths of ... Read more

    $12.39 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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    America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published

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  • Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life

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    "Bisexuality is about three centuries overdue . . . nevertheless, here it is: a learned, witty study of how our curious culture has managed to get everything wrong about sex."-Gore Vidal ... Read more

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  • Acts of Will

    The Life and Work of Otto Rank

    by E. James Lieberman, M.D. ...
    Once Freud's most favoured student and associate, Otto Rank came to be reviled by the psychoanalytic establishment that formerly revered him. This biography exposes the hostile, at time libelious treatment of Rank in the standard histories of psychoanalysis and shows him to be a great analytic pioneer of this century. His influence was felt not only by mental health professionals, but also by such ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Sylvia Plath

    Edited by Jo Gill ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The controversies that surround Sylvia Plath's life and work mean that her poems are more read and studied now than ever before. This Companion provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of Sylvia Plath's poetry, prose, letters and journals and of their place in twentieth-century culture. These essays by leading international scholars represent a spectrum of critical perspectives. They ... Read more

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