Odd Wisconsin

Author : Erika Janik
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870205412
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Odd Wisconsin written by Erika Janik and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Bob La Follette's exploits as leader of progressive politics are legendary, his early morning exertions to save valuable government documents and executive department paintings during the disastrous 1904 capitol fire are largely unknown - until now. Odd Wisconsin captures the Wisconsin people, places, and events that didn't make it into conventional state histories, lowering a bucket into the depths of Wisconsin history and bringing to light curious fragments of forgotten lives. This unique book unearths the stories that got lost to history even though they may have made local headlines at the time. No mythical hodags or eight-legged horses here! Odd Wisconsin features strange but true stories from Wisconsin's past, every one of which was documented (albeit by the standards of the day). These brief glimpses into Wisconsin's past will surprise, perplex, astonish, and otherwise connect readers with the state's fascinating history. From "the voyageur with a hole in his side" to "pigs beneath the legislature," Odd Wisconsin gathers 300 years of curiosities, all under the radar of traditional stories.

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0760759448
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Weird Wisconsin written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781931599856
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Strange Wisconsin written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pig men . . . trolls . . . the curse of Miller Park . . . the Golden Plates of Voree. When it coms to weird, Wisconsin's got it! And nobody is better at telling the bizarre stories of the state's odd side than best-selling author and paranormal authority Linda Godfrey. Join the fun on an eyebrow-raising tour of people and places you won't believe!

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811740846
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Haunted Wisconsin written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisconsin's leading authority on the paranormal presents strange stories from around the state.

Author : Michael Lesy
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826321933
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Wisconsin Death Trip written by Michael Lesy and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists chiefly of excerpts from the Badger State banner, Black River Falls, Wis., for the years 1885-1900 and of photos. taken by Charles Van Schaick from 1890 to 1910.

Author : Erika Janik
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870204734
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Short History of Wisconsin written by Erika Janik and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscover Wisconsin history from the very beginning. A Short History of Wisconsin recounts the landscapes, people, and traditions that have made the state the multifaceted place it is today. With an approach both comprehensive and accessible, historian Erika Janik covers several centuries of Wisconsin's remarkable past, showing how the state was shaped by the same world wars, waves of new inhabitants, and upheavals in society and politics that shaped the nation. Swift, authoritative, and compulsively readable, A Short History of Wisconsin commences with the glaciers that hewed the region's breathtaking terrain, the Native American cultures who first called it home, and French explorers and traders who mapped what was once called "Mescousing." Janik moves through the Civil War and two world wars, covers advances in the rights of women, workers, African Americans, and Indians, and recent shifts involving the environmental movement and the conservative revolution of the late 20th century. Wisconsin has hosted industries from fur-trapping to mining to dairying, and its political landscape sprouted figures both renowned and reviled, from Fighting Bob La Follette to Joseph McCarthy. Janik finds the story of a state not only in the broad strokes of immigration and politics, but also in the daily lives shaped by work, leisure, sports, and culture. A Short History of Wisconsin offers a fresh understanding of how Wisconsin came into being and how Wisconsinites past and present share a deep connection to the land itself.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book State of Wisconsin Blue Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Linda S. Godfrey
Publisher : Monsters (Stackpole)
ISBN 13 : 9780811707480
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Monsters of Wisconsin written by Linda S. Godfrey and published by Monsters (Stackpole). This book was released on 2011 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out about the bizarre and mysterious creatures living in Wisconsin.

Author : John-Brian Paprock
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781931599016
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Sacred Sites of Wisconsin written by John-Brian Paprock and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take time out from life's fast pace to reflect or pray at one of more than 400 sites around Wisconsin that are noted places of worship and pilgrimage. Included are churches, temples, synagogues, cemeteries, effigy mounds, and more. Learn about each site's history, what makes it sacred, and why it is worth a visit.

Author : Lee Somerville
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870206583
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Vintage Wisconsin Gardens written by Lee Somerville and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Wisconsin’s population moved from farmsteads into villages, towns, and cities, the state saw a growing interest in gardening as a leisure activity and source of civic pride. In Vintage Wisconsin Gardens, Lee Somerville introduces readers to the region’s ornamental gardens of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, showcasing the “vernacular” gardens created by landscaping enthusiasts for their own use and pleasure. The Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, established during the mid-nineteenth century, was the primary source of advice for home gardeners. Through carefully selected excerpts from WSHS articles, Somerville shares the excitement of these gardeners as they traded cultivation and design knowledge and explored the possibilities of their avocation. Women were frequent presenters at the WSHS annual meetings, and their voices resonate. Their writings, and those of their male colleagues, are a remarkable legacy we can draw on today—learning how Wisconsinites past created and enjoyed their gardens helps us appreciate our own. Filled with period and contemporary images, recommended plant lists, and garden layouts, Vintage Wisconsin Gardens will interest those curious about the history of the state’s cultural landscape and inspire readers to restore or reconstruct period gardens.