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One Room Schools: Stories from the Days of 1 Room, 1 Teacher, 8 Grades

One Room Schools: Stories from the Days of 1 Room, 1 Teacher, 8 Grades

9780870206153
Paperback: $15.95
104 pages, 70 color and b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870206153

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$15.95
Picture of One Small Farm: Photographs of a Wisconsin Way of Life

One Small Farm: Photographs of a Wisconsin Way of Life

9780870206177
Hardcover: $24.95
128 pages, 100 color photos
ISBN:9780870206177

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$24.95
One-Room Country Schools

One-Room Country Schools

9780870207525
Paperback: $19.95
248 pages, 91 b&w photos, 7 x 10
ISBN: 97808702075255

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$19.95
Picture of On the Hunt: The History of Deer Hunting in Wisconsin

On the Hunt: The History of Deer Hunting in Wisconsin

9780870209000
Meticulously researched by one of the state’s most prolific outdoor writers, "On the Hunt" covers subsistence hunting, sport hunting, deer camps, changing deer management policies, human encroachment, CWD and more.
$29.95
Picture of Out of the Northwoods: The Many Lives of Paul Bunyan

Out of the Northwoods: The Many Lives of Paul Bunyan

9780870204371
Hardcover: $24.95
288 Pages, b/w photos, maps, 6" x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204371

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$24.95
	Book cover of "Obreros Unidos" with full page black and white picture of picketing farm workers and close-up of Jesus Salas in the foreground, microphone in hand. Title of the book in bold red font at the top.

Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement

9781976600074
A first-hand narrative of the fight for farmworkers' rights from celebrated labor leader, Jesus Salas. Young leaders founded Obreros Unidos (Workers United) to fight for fairness and respect, and to provide services to migrant families.
$24.95
Patrick Lucey Book

Patrick J. Lucey - A Lasting Legacy

9780870209369

As Wisconsin governor from 1971 to 1977, Patrick J. Lucey pursued an ambitious progressive agenda, tempered by the concerns of a fiscal conservative and a pragmatic realist. His legacy continues to impact Wisconsin residents and communities. Details, below.

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$28.95
Picture of People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin’s Love Affair with an Ancient Fish (Paperback Edition)

People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin’s Love Affair with an Ancient Fish (Paperback Edition)

9780870209161
Softcover: $25.00
320 pages, including photos and illus., 8.5 x 10"
ISBN: 9780870209161

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$25.00
Picture of Poles In Wisconsin

Poles In Wisconsin

9780870204227
In this addition to the People of Wisconsin series, author Susan Gibson Mikos traces the history of Polish immigrants as they settled in America’s northern heartland.
$12.95
Picture of People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879–1942

People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879–1942

9780870204760
Hardcover: $29.95
288 pages, 330 duotone photos, 8½ x 11
ISBN: 9780870204760

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The Powwow Coloring and Activity Book cover with yellow and illustrated people

The Powwow Coloring and Activity Book

9780870208935
The Ojibwe Traditions Coloring and Activity book series offers children and their families the opportunity to learn about Ojibwe Indian lifeways and teachings in an engaging and accessible manner.
$5.99
Picture of Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate

Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate

9780870209086
Remembered by many Wisconsinites as a friendly, hand-shaking fixture at sporting events and state fairs, Proxmire was one of the few politicians who voted his conscience and never forgot about the people he represented.
$28.95
The Quiet Season: Remembering Country Winters

The Quiet Season: Remembering Country Winters

9780870206078
Hardcover: $22.95
160 pages
ISBN: 9780870206078

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$22.95
A Recipe for Success book cover featuring illustration of Lizzie surrounded by green with purple border

A Recipe for Success: Lizzie Kander and Her Cookbook

9780870203732
Paperback: $12.95
144 pages, 78 photos and illus., 3 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870203732

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$12.95
Rebel Poet

Rebel Poet: More Stories from a 21st Century Indian

9780870209291
This blend of poetry and prose delves deeply into the themes of family, community, grief, and the struggle to make a place in the world when your very identity is considered suspect.
$15.95
Front cover of "Red Arrow Across the Pacific" book with title in bold red over background black and white photo of infantry soldiers walking along muddy shore.

Red Arrow across the Pacific: The Thirty-Second Infantry Division during World War II

9781976600333
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.
$40.00
Picture of Remembering the Holocaust: Second Edition

Remembering the Holocaust: Second Edition

9780870202933
This moving documentary volume brings together fourteen interviews of Holocaust survivors who later settled in Wisconsin.
$12.95
Return to Wake Robin: One Cabin in the Heyday of Northwoods Resorts

Return to Wake Robin: One Cabin in the Heyday of Northwoods Resorts

9780870204913
Return to Wake Robin; One Cabin in the Heyday of Northwoods Resorts
by Marnie O. Mamminga

In a series of evocative remembrances, Mamminga takes readers to Wake Robin, the cabin her grandparents built in 1929 on Big Spider Lake near Hayward—on land adjacent to Moody’s Camp—the cabin five generations of Mamminga’s family have returned to every summer since.

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$22.95
Richard Bong book cover featuring image of Richard surrounded by dark green with yellow border

Richard Bong: World War II Flying Ace

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

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Picture of Ridge Stories: Herding Hens, Powdering Pigs, and Other Recollections from a Boyhood in the Driftless

Ridge Stories: Herding Hens, Powdering Pigs, and Other Recollections from a Boyhood in the Driftless

9780870209239
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Author: Gary Jones
Paperback
208 pages. 5.5 x 8.5"
ISBN: 9780870209239
Publication Date: Fall 2019
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$20.00
Ringlingville USA

Ringlingville USA | Paperback Edition

9780870203558
The Ringling Brothers confronted the challenges of taxation, war, economic pressure, changing technology, and personal sorrows. They emerge as complex characters whose ambition, imagination, and pure hucksterism fueled the phenomenon that was the Ringling Brothers' Circus.

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$26.95
Picture of Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Reader

Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Reader

9780870206788
Paperback: $18.95
256 pages, 19 b&w photos, 1 map
ISBN: 9780870206788

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$18.95
Picture of The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names

The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names

9780870207075
Paperback: $19.95
320 pages, 10 b&w images, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207075

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$19.95
Roughneck Grace: Farmer Yoga, Creeping Codgerism, Apple Golf, and Other Brief Essays from On and Off the Back Forty

Roughneck Grace: Farmer Yoga, Creeping Codgerism, Apple Golf, and Other Brief Essays from On and Off the Back Forty

9780870208126
Paperback: $18.95
172 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ¼
ISBN: 9780870208126

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$18.95
Settler's Year - Ernst

A Settler's Year: Pioneer Life through the Seasons

9780870207143
Hardcover
200 pages, 179 color and b&w photos, 8 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207143

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$29.95
Picture of A Short History of Wisconsin

A Short History of Wisconsin

9780870204401
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.
$18.95
Sand and Fire book cover featuring an aerial photograph of the pine barrens landscape beneath a gray sky with the title large and bold along with the authors name in red, green, and tan colorings.

Sand and Fire: Exploring a Rare Pine Barrens Landscape

9781976600050
A multilayered story about the impact of people on the vulnerable landscape of the Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area. Told in memoir style. Color photographs.
$22.95
Cover of Seeds in Soil book with several photos of garden produce and children.

Seeds in Soil: Planting a Garden and Finding Your Roots

9780870209857
A seeds-to-supper guide for the whole family to learn together about gardening science and history and growing in different environments. Includes recipes and projects to make the most of these nature lessons!
$18.95
Settlin': Stories of Madison's Early African American Families

Settlin': Stories of Madison's Early African American Families

9780870208850
Author: Muriel Simms
Paperback: $18.95
224 pages, 64 b/w illus., 6x9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-885-0

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$18.95
Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin

Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin

9780870206740
Hardcover: $22.95
240 pages, 23 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870206740

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$22.95
Ship Captain’s Daughter: Growing Up on the Great Lakes

Ship Captain’s Daughter: Growing Up on the Great Lakes

9780870207303
Paperback
112 pages, 60 b&w photos, 5½ x 8½
ISBN: 9780870207303

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$14.95
Picture of The Silver Man: The Life and Times of Indian Agent John Kinzie

The Silver Man: The Life and Times of Indian Agent John Kinzie

9780870207402
Paperback: $14.95
176 pages, 28 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870207402

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$14.95
Picture of Simple Things: Lessons from the Family Farm

Simple Things: Lessons from the Family Farm

9780870208874
Hardcover: $22.95
160 pages, 5 1/2x 8
ISBN: 978-0-87020-887-4

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$22.95
Picture of Skunk Hill: A Native Ceremonial Community in Wisconsin

Skunk Hill: A Native Ceremonial Community in Wisconsin

9780870207051
Archeologist Robert A. Birmingham traces the largely unknown story of this community, detailing the role it played in preserving Native culture through a harsh period of US Indian policy from the 1880s to 1930s.
$14.95
Picture of Some Like It Cold: Surfing the Malibu of the Midwest

Some Like It Cold: Surfing the Malibu of the Midwest

9780870207464
Paperback: $16.95
224 pages, 46 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870207464

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$16.95
Picture of Something for Everyone: Memories of Lauerman Brothers Department Store

Something for Everyone: Memories of Lauerman Brothers Department Store

9780870205811
Hardcover: $22.95
224 pages, 120 b/w photos, 5 ½ x 8
ISBN: 9780870205811

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$22.95