2024-2025 Local History Book Club | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Wisconsin Historical Society Book Club

September 2024 - May 2025

2024-2025 Local History Book Club | Wisconsin Historical Society

The Wisconsin Historical Society Book Club invites you to join fellow Wisconsin book lovers and amateur historians for engaging discussions at book club this season! We meet monthly, September through May, to discuss books on various historical topics. Our meetings take place virtually via Zoom each month from 6 to 7:30 pm.

Participants will need access to a copy of the book, an internet connection, and a computer or smartphone to fully participate in our discussion. Registered book club participants can get a 20% discount off Wisconsin Historical Society Press titles if they order through the Wisconsin Historical Society. That coupon code will be e-mailed to participants once they have registered.

Book club is free and open to all amateur book enthusiasts, but registration is required. To register or if you have questions, please contact Liz Arbuckle, Northern Outreach Coordinator, at liz.arbuckle@wisconsinhistory.org. Prior to each meeting, Liz will send the Zoom link and some discussion questions to help you prepare for the meeting.

DATEBOOK CLUB TITLEAUTHORPUBLISHER/YEAR
Sep 19When the White Pine Was King: A History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in WisconsinJerry AppsWHS Press 2020
Oct 17Wisconsin Lighthouses: A Photographic and Historic GuideKen & Barb WardiusWHS Press 2013
Nov 21The Midwest Survival Guide: How We Talk, Love, Work, Drink and Eat... Everything with RanchCharlie BerensWilliam Morrow 2021
Dec 19Apple Betty & Sloppy Joe: Stirring Up the Past with Family Recipes and StoriesSusan Sanvidge, et. al.WHS Press 2007
Jan 16Life of Black Hawk or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, Dictated by HimselfBlack HawkPenguin Classics 2008
Feb 20Voices of Milwaukee BronzevilleDr. Sandra E. JonesHistory Press 2021
Mar 20Miss Lulu BettZona GalePublic Domain 1920
Apr 17Selections from the Wisconsin Magazine of History (TBA)VariousWHS Press
May 15We Had Fun and Nobody Died: Adventures of a Milwaukee Music PromoterAmy Waldman w. Peter JestWHS Press 2024