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Germans in Wisconsin
Between 1820 and 1910, nearly five and a half million German-speaking immigrants came to the United States in search of new homes, new opportunities, and freedom from European tyrannies. Most…
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Glass in Northwest Ohio
The discovery of natural gas around Findlay in 1886 started an industrial rush in northwest Ohio. Within five years, over 100 glass companies had moved into the region for free…
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Gordon MacQuarrie
Although his typewriter has been silent for nearly fifty years, Gordon MacQuarrie’s words continue to inspire generations of hunting and fishing enthusiasts. Through his “Stories of the Old Duck Hunters,”…
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Hudson’s
For over a century, the J.L. Hudson’s Department Store was more than just a store – it was a Detroit icon and a world-class cultural treasure.At 25 stories, Hudson’s was…
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Illuminating the Particular
Roman B.J. Kwasniewski, son of Polish immigrants, used his camera to document life in Milwaukee’s Polish community during the early decades of the twentieth century. His images transform the particulars…
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In Cold Blood
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The most famous true crime novel of all time “chills the blood and exercises the intelligence” (The New York Review of Books)—and haunted its author long after he…
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Joliet’s Gerlach Barklow Calendar Company
The Gerlach Barklow Company was organized in 1907. The construction of the factory building in Joliet began and was completed that same year. The prime movers in the organization of…
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Letters from the Front, 1898-1945
This volume tells the stories of 62 men and women from Wisconsin who served in the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II. Letters from the Front is…
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Madeline Island & the Chequamegon Region
An updated reprint of the definitive history of a storied corner of the Upper Great Lakes—Madeline Island and the Chequamegon region on Wisconsin’s Lake Superior. A new foreword by Steve…