War

The true story of a family pet who served in WWII and went on to become a friend to wounded veterans.

The Thirty-Second “Red Arrow” Infantry Division played a crucial role for the Allied Forces in the Pacific. Learn how this National Guard unit with origins in the Midwest became one of the most effective—and most battle-tested—US combat units in WWII.

A powerful memoir that illuminates life on the home front and the impact of World War II on an American family.

Follow the war, from the Quad Cities on the Illinois/Iowa border through the “Trembling Lands” along the Kettle Morraine and into the Driftless Area of southern Wisconsin.

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

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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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Out of Print: Vol. II is out of print and is currently available only as an e-book from all major e-book retailers. This volume introduces us to the first generation of statehood, from the conversion of prairie and forests into farmland to the development of cities and industry.

Hardcover: $40.00
642 pp, photos, maps
ISBN:9780870202605

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Relish the real-life, epic journey of intrepid Wisconsin voyageur, Clara Pagel, who ventured into the world just prior to the start of World War II, chronicling her travels and the state of the world—from bombings and earthquakes to Mussolini and Gandhi—in more than 100 letters to YWCA members back home.

Paperback: $19.95
200 pages, 40 b&w photos, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 978-0-87020-851-5

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Paperback: $14.95
152 pages, 50 color and b/w photos and illus., 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870204920

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This biography introduces young readers to a great Wisconsin soldier-statesman. From panning for gold, to losing an arm during a Civil War battle, to campaigning hard for elections, Lucius learned early that it takes courage and persistence to succeed.

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

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Paperback: $12.95
128 pages, 66 b/w photos and 2 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204340

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Paperback: $26.95
240 pages, b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207822

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Hardcover: $28.95
240 pages, 39 b&w illustrations
ISBN: 9780870207389

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Readers and reviewers agree: Terry Frei's heart-wrenching story of Schreiner and his band of brothers is much more than one team's tale. It's an All-American story.

Hardcover: $22.95
240 pages, 33 b/w photos and illustrations, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870205040

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Paperback: $22.95
224 pages, 62 photos, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN: 9780870207921

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Civil War historian Cal Schoonover sheds new light on the exploits of Wisconsin soldiers in this turning point to secure the Union.

Hardcover: $19.95
152 pages, illustrated, maps
ISBN: 9780870202865

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Paperback: $24.95
400 pgs., 175 photographs, 7 original maps, dozens of historic letters and documents
ISBN: 9780870204487

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Paperback: $15.95
168 pages, 41 b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870202728

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Nancy Oestreich Lurie found a shopping bag filled with letters from her mother's childhood, and they turned out to be historically enlightening and entertaining.

This moving documentary volume brings together fourteen interviews of Holocaust survivors who later settled in Wisconsin.

The nation-to-nation treaties and other documents discussed here testify to the complexity and sovereignty of Indigenous governance then and now. This volume is a vital resource for historians and an accessible introduction to Indigenous treatymaking in Wisconsin.