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      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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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      $22.95
      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      In this beautifully illustrated children's book based on historical documents, readers share in Sport's adventures while discovering the various ways lighthouse tender ships helped keep the lake safe for others.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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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

      For Library, Trade, and Wholesale
      $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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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
      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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

      For Trade, Library, and Wholesale
      $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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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      $22.95
      Thinking Like a Historian Book

      Thinking Like a Historian Book

      9780870204388
      Paperback: $29.95
      136 pages, 25 b/w photos, charts and worksheets, 8.5 x 11"
      ISBN: 978-0-87020-438-8

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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      $29.95
      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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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      $19.95
      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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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      $12.95
      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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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.

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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      $18.95
      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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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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
      Paperback
      64 pp, photos
      ISBN: 9780870203565

      Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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      $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 All Along Audiobook

      We've Been Here All Along - Wisconsin's Early Gay History | Audiobook

      9780870209758

      The first of two groundbreaking volumes on gay history in Wisconsin, We've Been Here All Along provides an illuminating and nuanced picture of Wisconsin's gay history from the reporting on the Oscar Wilde trials of 1895 to the landmark Stonewall Riots of 1969. More details, below.

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      $34.95 $17.48