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Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State

Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State

9780870206139
Paperback: $24.95
256 pages, 190 color and b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870206139

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$24.95
When White Pine was King by Jerry Apps

When the White Pine was King: A History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in Wisconsin

9780870209345
When the White Pine Was King tells the stories of the heyday of logging, of lumberjacks and camp cooks, of river drives and deadly log jams, of sawmills and lumber towns and the echo of the ax ringing through the Northwoods as yet another white pine crashed to the ground. Full details below.

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$22.95
Whispers and Shadows: A Naturalist’s Memoir

Whispers and Shadows: A Naturalist’s Memoir

9780870207099
Hardcover: $22.95
128 pages, 5½ x 8
ISBN: 9780870207099

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$22.95
Wild Ricing Coloring Book cover featuring illustration of rowing boat

Wild Ricing Coloring Book

9780870208966
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 "When is Daddy Coming Home" with two black and white photos of parents with young children. Title in black font on white background.

When is Daddy Coming Home? An American Family during World War II

9781976600401
A powerful memoir that illuminates life on the home front and the impact of World War II on an American family.
$19.95
Book cover of "Wisconsin Agriculture" by Jerry Apps showing a stylized illustration of a red barn and fields of different colors. Rolling hills and wooded land in the distance.

Wisconsin Agriculture: A History

9780870207242
Hardcover: $34.95
336 pages, 192 color and b&w photos and illus., 2 maps, 8 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207242

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$34.95
The Wisconsin Capitol

The Wisconsin Capitol

9780870208423
Hardcover: $25.00
192 pages, 110 b&w/color photos, 7 x 9
ISBN: 9780870208423

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$25.00
Wisconsin in the Civil War  book cover featuring an illustration of soldiers fighting. Top border is blue and bottom is red.

Wisconsin in the Civil War: The Home Front and the Battle Front, 1861-1865

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

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$19.95
Book cover for "Wisconsin for Kennedy" with black and white photo of JFK outside. Snow is falling and he smiles for the camera. Several people in background.

Wisconsin for Kennedy

9781976600173
Author B.J. Hollars chronicles JFK’s nail-biting Wisconsin win by drawing on rarely cited oral histories from the eclectic team of people who worked together to make it happen: a cranberry farmer, a union leader, a mayor, an architect, and others.
$24.95
Book cover of "Wisconsin History Highlights" by Jon Kasparek, Bobbie Malone & Erica Schock showing a collage of images that reflect Wisconsin history and heritage, like a representation of Hmong immigration, a cheese billboard, a Badger Ordnance Works poster, "The Leap" image by H.H. Bennett, and others.

Wisconsin History Highlights: Delving into the Past

9780870203589
Wisconsin History Highlights encourages middle and high school students, including National History Day participants, to use Wisconsin topics and resources as they research American history. This book is printed on demand. Please allow extra time for printing and delivery.

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$39.95
Front cover of the book "Wisconsin Idols" by Dean Robbins.

Wisconsin Idols: 100 Heroes Who Changed the State, the World, and Me

9781976600470
A uniquely personal perspective on the prominent figures—past and present—who have left an indelible mark on Wisconsin and beyond.
$24.95
Wisconsin Indians book cover featuring a black and white image of a Native American family . Yellow and orange bordering.

Wisconsin Indians (Revised and Expanded)

9780870203305
Paperback: $9.95
88 pp, photos
ISBN: 9780870203305

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$9.95
Wisconsin Lighthouses: A Photographic and Historical Guide (revised ed.)

Wisconsin Lighthouses: A Photographic and Historical Guide (revised ed.)

9780870206092
Paperback: $24.95
224 pages, 156 color and b&w photos, 1 map.
ISBN: 9780870206092

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$24.95
Wisconsin's Own: Twenty Remarkable Homes

Wisconsin's Own: Twenty Remarkable Homes

9780870204524
Hardcover: $45.00
320 pp., 380 color and b/w photos and illustrations, 11"x10"
ISBN: 9780870204524

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$45.00
The Wisconsin Story: 150 People, Places, and Turning Points that Shaped the Badger State

The Wisconsin Story: 150 People, Places, and Turning Points that Shaped the Badger State

9780870209314
Award-winning newspaper columnist Dennis McCann’s talent for distilling complex subjects into brief stories answers the question "What makes Wisconsin, Wisconsin?”
$29.95
Picture of Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz Profiles from the Heartland

Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz Profiles from the Heartland

9780870208539
Hardcover: $40.00
580 pages, 114 b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-853-9

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$40.00
Wisconsin State Parks: Extraordinary Stories of Geology and Natural History

Wisconsin State Parks: Extraordinary Stories of Geology and Natural History

9780870208492
Author Scott Spoolman takes readers with him to twenty-eight parks, forests, and natural areas where evidence of the state's striking geologic and natural history are on display.
$26.95
Wisconsin in Watercolor: The Life and Legend of Folk Artist Paul Seifert

Wisconsin in Watercolor: The Life and Legend of Folk Artist Paul Seifert

9780870208911
Hardcover: $29.95
128 pages, 65 b/w and color photos, 9x9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-891-1

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$29.95
Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories: Our Veterans Remember

Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories: Our Veterans Remember

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

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$24.95
Women Remember the War book cover featuring a black and white photograph of two female soldiers.

Women Remember the War, 1941-1945

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

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$15.95
Picture of Women's Wisconsin: From Native Matriarchies to the New Millennium

Women's Wisconsin: From Native Matriarchies to the New Millennium

9780870203619
Paperback: $37.95
512 pp, photos
ISBN: 0870203619

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$37.95
Workers and Unions in Wisconsin book cover featuring two black and white photographs. The top half of cover shows old Milwaukee city, and the bottom is workers all posing for camera.

Workers and Unions in Wisconsin: A Labor History Anthology

9780870203145
Paperback: $24.95
296 pages, 148 b/w photos and illus., 8.5 x 11"
ISBN: 9780870203145

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$24.95
Front cover of the book "I Live Underwater by Max Gene Nohl, published by the Wisconsin Historical Society.

I Live Underwater: The Thrilling Adventures of a Record-Breaking Diver, Treasure Hunter, and Deep-Sea Explorer

9781976600289
COMING SOON! — The highly anticipated posthumous memoir of thrill-seeking treasure hunter Max Nohl, widely regarded as the person who revolutionized deep-sea diving. After his sudden death in 1960, Nohl’s nearly complete manuscript went unpublished, until now.
$30.00
Front cover of the book "Lunkers, Keepers, and Ones that Got Away" by Jerry Apps. Published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press in 2025.

Lunkers, Keepers, and Ones that Got Away: Fish Tales from Four Generations of Anglers

9781976600456
A nostalgic collection of stories celebrating a lifetime of fishing with family and friends and the lessons, laughs, and lasting memories reeled in along the way by Jerry Apps.
$20.00