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Somos Latinas

Somos Latinas: Voices of Wisconsin Latina Activists

9780870208591
Paperback, $24.95
302 pages, 38 b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-859-1

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$24.95
The Sower and the Seer

The Sower and the Seer: Perspectives on the Intellectual History of the American Midwest

9780870209482
The Midwestern landscape has given rise to significant visionaries whose extraordinary intellectualism has contributed to forming an American identity.
$39.95
Sport Ship Dog of the Great Lakes book cover featuring illustration of Sport in front of boat and lighthouse

Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes

9780870209147
In this beautifully illustrated children's book based on historical documents, readers share in Sport's adventures while discovering the various ways lighthouse tender ships helped keep the lake safe for others.
$17.95
Picture of Sterling North and the Story of Rascal

Sterling North and the Story of Rascal

9780870207358
Paperback: $12.95
120 pages, 56 b/w photos, 7 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207358

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$12.95
Stories from the Wreckage

Stories from the Wreckage: A Great Lakes Maritime History Inspired by Shipwrecks

9780870209024
Details:
Author: John Odin Jensen
Paperback
304 pages. 128 b&w and color photos and illustrations. 8 x 10"
ISBN: 978-0-87020-902-4
Publication Date: May, 2019
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$29.95
Stormy book cover featuring illustration of farmer holding cow on rope

Stormy

9781930596092
Hardcover: $10
32 pages, color illustrations, 8 x 0.3 x 8
ISBN: 978-1-930596-09-2

Published by The Guest Cottage, Inc.
Distributed by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press


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$10.00
Picture of The Story of Act 31: How Native History Came to Wisconsin Classrooms

The Story of Act 31: How Native History Came to Wisconsin Classrooms

9780870208324
Paperback: $28.95
360 pages, 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-832-4

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$28.95
The Storytelling Coloring Book cover featuring  illustrated tree in front of light green background

The Storytelling Coloring Book

9780870208942
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
Book cover of "Studying Wisconsin" with a profile shot of Increase Lapham peering through a magnifying glass at a rock.

Studying Wisconsin: The Life of Increase Lapham, Early Chronicler of Plants, Rocks, Rivers, Mounds and All Things Wisconsin

9780870206481
424 pages, 75 b&w photos and illustrations, 4 maps
ISBN: 9780870206481
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$26.95
The Sugarbush Coloring Book cover featuring illustrated tree in front of light yellow background

The Sugarbush Coloring Book

9780870208959
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
Swedes in Wisconsin book cover featuring a black and white photograph of a Swedish family playing and holding musical instruments.

Swedes in Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded Edition

9780870203374
Paperback
72 pp, photos
ISBN: 9780870203374

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$9.95
Picture of Swiss in Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded Edition

Swiss in Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded Edition

9780870203770
Paperback
80 pages, 27 b/w photos & illus., 6 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870203770

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$9.95
Book cover of "Survival Food" by Thomas Pecore Weso with illustration of a black bear and book title in bold white font.

Survival Food: North Woods Stories by a Menominee Cook

9781976600210
An intimate and engaging Native food memoir. These stories from the author’s teen and tween years—some serious, some laugh-out-loud funny—will take readers from Catholic schoolyards to Native foot trails to bowling alleys.
$24.95
Picture of Taking Flight: A History of Birds and People in the Heart of America

Taking Flight: A History of Birds and People in the Heart of America

9780870208362
Paperback: $28.95
304 pages, 61 b&w and color photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-836-2

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$28.95
Tending the Valley by Alice D’Alessio

Tending the Valley: A Prairie Restoration Odyssey

9780870209505
On a gray and drizzly day in 1983, writer Alice D’Alessio and her math professor husband, Laird, made their way down a curving, tree-lined driveway on their way to a picnic. They were visiting 115 acres of land in Wisconsin’s unglaciated Driftless Area that Laird had inherited from his parents. Emerging from the trees, Alice had her first glimpse of the valley that would become a twenty-five-year labor of love for the couple. Details, below.

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$15.95
Tents Tigers and the Ringling Brothers

Tents, Tigers, and the Ringling Brothers

9780870203749
Paperback: $12.95
128 pages, 81 illus., 1 map, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870203749

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$12.95
Book cover of "Third Down and a War to Go" Paperback Edition with black and white image of football team and title above in bold white font.

Third Down and a War to Go Paperback Edition

9780870203848
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.
$24.95
Picture of This Wicked Rebellion: Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers Write Home

This Wicked Rebellion: Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers Write Home

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

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$22.95
Thinking Like a Historian Book

Thinking Like a Historian: Rethinking History Instruction

9780870204388
With practical examples, engaging lessons and classroom activities that tie to essential questions, this book provides a framework to enhance teaching and learning history.
$34.95
Thousand-Miler

Thousand-Miler: Adventures Hiking the Ice Age Trail

9780870207907
Paperback: $20.00
240 pages, 2 maps, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN: 9780870207907

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$20.00
Picture of This Storied River: Legend & Lore of the Upper Mississippi

This Storied River: Legend & Lore of the Upper Mississippi

9780870207846
This Storied River celebrates the Upper Mississippi’s colorful history and the unique role the river has played in shaping the Midwest. Each chapter includes a short list of must-see sites for the modern-day explorer.

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$20.00
Picture of This Superior Place: Stories of Bayfield and the Apostle Islands

This Superior Place: Stories of Bayfield and the Apostle Islands

9780870205798
Paperback: $19.95
150 pages, 135 color and b/w photos and illus., 8 x 9
ISBN: 9780870205798

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$19.95
Tools for Teaching the History of Civil Rights in Milwaukee and the Nation

Tools for Teaching the History of Civil Rights in Milwaukee and the Nation

9780870207549
Paperback: $19.95
115 pages, 8½ x 11
ISBN: 978-0-87020-754-9

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$19.95
Book cover of "Timber!" with title in bold red font at top and illustrated forest scene below.

Timber! A Northwoods Story of Lumberjacks, Logging, and the Land

9781976600357
A children’s history of logging, land use, and the legacy of conservation by father-daughter duo Jerry Apps and Susan Apps-Bodilly.
$20.00
Picture of The USS Wisconsin: A History of Two Battleships

The USS Wisconsin: A History of Two Battleships

9780870202551
Paperback: $12.95
56 pages, 40 b/w photos, 7.5 x 10"
ISBN: 9780870202551

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$12.95
Front cover of the book "Valiant Vel" for young readers. Color portrait of Vel Phillips speaking at microphone.

Valiant Vel: Vel Phillips and the Fight for Fairness and Equality

9781976600432
Beautifully illustrated with historic photographs and original artwork, this compelling biography for young readers tells the remarkable story of fair housing advocate and civic leader Vel Phillips.
$20.00
Picture of Vintage Wisconsin Gardens: A History of Home Gardening

Vintage Wisconsin Gardens: A History of Home Gardening

9780870204753
Paperback: $24.95
200 pages, 135 color and b/w photos and illus., 8 x 9
ISBN: 9780870204753

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$24.95
Picture of Voices from Vietnam

Voices from Vietnam

9780870202872
An unforgettable collection of 174 letters and diary entries written by ninety-two Wisconsin men and women who served in Vietnam.

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$18.95
Front cover of "Voices & Votes: How Government Works in Wisconsin", second edition, published by the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Voices & Votes: How Democracy Works in Wisconsin

9781976600265
An essential introduction to civics for children in grades 3–5, this revised and updated edition is filled with tools and resources to inspire a new generation of readers to understand and participate in our democracy.
$20.00
Walking Home Ground: In the Footsteps of Muir, Leopold, and Derleth

Walking Home Ground: In the Footsteps of Muir, Leopold, and Derleth

9780870207860
Paperback, $22.95
224 pages, 10 color illus., 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870207860

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$22.95
The War of 1812 in Wisconsin: The Battle for Prairie du Chien

The War of 1812 in Wisconsin: The Battle for Prairie du Chien

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

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$28.95
Picture of Warriors, Saints and Scoundrels: Brief Portraits of Real People Who Shaped Wisconsin

Warriors, Saints and Scoundrels: Brief Portraits of Real People Who Shaped Wisconsin

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

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$22.95
Book cover of "We Had Fun and Nobody Died" with title in bold white font and orange and blue background.

We Had Fun and Nobody Died: Adventures of a Milwaukee Music Promoter

9781976600302
This entertaining story chronicles the career of a one-of-a-kind, independent promoter whose hardheadedness and love of music have helped him keep it real and make it in the music business for more than forty years.
$28.95
Welsh in Wisconsin book cover featuring a black and white photograph of a man on top of a giant hay bale being pulled by a couple of horses.

Welsh in Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded

9780870203565
The Welsh were alone among the people of the British Isles in that they did not speak English as a mother tongue. This volume contains anecdotes from early immigrant life, photographs, and a detailed history of Welsh churches in Wisconsin.
$9.95
We Will Always Be Here: A Guide to Exploring and Understanding the History of LGBTQ+ Activism in Wisconsin

We Will Always Be Here: A Guide to Exploring and Understanding the History of LGBTQ+ Activism in Wisconsin

9780870209611
Explore Wisconsin's history of LGBTQ+ Activism with a rich collection of examples of individuals across a wide spectrum of identities who have helped to empower others to make a positive change in the world. Details below.

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$15.00
We've Been Here Along: Wisconsin's Early Gay History

We've Been Here All Along: Wisconsin's Early Gay History

9780870209123
Details:
Author: R. Richard Wagner
Paperback
448 pages. 91 b&w photos and illustrations. 6 x 9"
ISBN: 978-0-87020-912-3
Publication Date: April, 2019
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$28.95