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Drink up the history of one of the most famous beer cities in the world. Learn about the people and the breweries that make this exciting city so special in Wisconsin.

Readers will find in these pages the biography of a bridge, a requiem for a union, odes to autumn and spring, a poem about aging, tales of two shipwrecks, a frank take on segregation, a visit to a junkyard, memories of the summer of ’68, and more.

Written by two Milwaukee County historians, Goodwin Berquist and Paul C. Bowers, Jr, this full-length biography of one of Milwaukee's founding fathers follows Byron Kilbourn from his boyhood home in Ohio to Wisconsin.

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Identify midwestern butterflies with this easy-to-use field guide. 198 species of butterflies and common moths organized by color.

A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior, Silbernagel deepens our understanding of this era with stories of resilient, remarkable people. Second printing, paperback.

60 paddling adventures within 60 miles of Madison. The ultimate guide for all paddlers!

Try something new at your next campfire with this campfire cookbook, featuring more than 100 delicious recipes and full-color photographs of every delicious dish. Perfect for the professional cook, foodie, or family member with high expectations for dinner when roughing it in nature.

Hardcover: $25.00
336 pages, 60 b&w photos, 8 x9
ISBN: 9780870208478

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Paperback: $12.95
120 pages, 43 photos, 6 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870203886

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Paperback: $12.95
96 pages, 51 photos and illus., 3 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870203923

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Paperback
102 pages, 60 b/w photos and illus., 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204562

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Paperback: $24.95
228 pages, 6 x 9
ISBN:9780870207297

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Captured in rich prose are the voices of the CCC boys who, by preserving Wisconsin's natural beauty between 1933 and 1942, discovered purpose in their labor and founded an enduring legacy of environmental stewardship.

Paperback: $20.00
200 pages, 50 b&w photos, 1 map, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870207808

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Coming Out, Moving Forward, the second volume in R. Richard Wagner’s groundbreaking work on gay history in Wisconsin, outlines the challenges that LGBT Wisconsinites faced in their efforts to right past oppressions and secure equality in the post-Stonewall period between 1969 and 2000. More details, below.

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The second volume in R. Richard Wagner’s groundbreaking work on gay history in Wisconsin explores the challenges that LGBT Wisconsinites faced in the post-Stonewall period between 1969 and 2000.

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Paperback: $12.95
128 pages, 55 b/w photos and 7 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204586

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These stories, each featuring a historic photograph, represent the best of Gurda's popular Sunday columns that have appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel since 1994.

Paperback: $26.95
232 pages, 120 b/w and color photos, 7 x 9"
ISBN:9780870204630

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The story of dairying in Wisconsin is the story of how our very landscape and way of life were created. Details below.

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John D. Krugler brings to life the history of the dedicated corps who collected and preserved Wisconsin's diverse social heritage and fast-disappearing immigrant and migrant architecture in the largest outdoor museum of rural life in the United States.

Paperback: $12.95
160 pages, 45 b&w photos, 2 maps
ISBN: 9780870206382

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Black Women, Community Intellectualism, and Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee.

Paperback: $12.95
96 pages, 53 photos and illus., 1 map, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870203893

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Author: Matthew J. Prigge
Paperback
305 pages. 41 b&w photos and illustrations. 5.5 x 8.5
ISBN: 978-0-87020-881-2
Publication Date: March, 2019
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Paperback. 71 pp, illustrated, photos
ISBN: 9780870203664

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Paperback: $18.95
288 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870208409

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A heartwarming children's story about a young Native girl and her family.

This beautifully illustrated book relates dramatic moments from Great Lakes maritime history in a graphic-novel style. For children 8-11.

Discover the extraordinary among the ordinary in this collection of feature obituaries and related news stories from longtime Wisconsin State Journal reporter George Hesselberg.

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CD-ROM, Minimum Requirements Windows 98se, 2000, XP CPU Pentium III, 400 MHz, 128MB System RAM, Sound Card, monitor capable of displaying 1024 x 768,

Paperback: $12.95
104 pages, 56 b/w photos, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204210

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Hardcover: $95.00
392 pages, 6 x 9"
ISBN: 978-0-87020-153-0

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Hardcover: $95.00
672 pages, 6 x 9"
ISBN: 978-0-87020-175-2

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Hardcover: $95.00
779 pages, 6-1/6 x 9-1/4
ISBN: 978-0-87020-159-2

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Hardcover: $95.00
560 pages, 6 x 9"
ISBN: 978-0-87020-292-6

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