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Learn about the Allis-Chalmers' early history and the personalities that led the business through industrial, economic, and political cycles.
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Written by two Milwaukee County historians, Goodwin Berquist and Paul C. Bowers, Jr, this full-length biography of one of Milwaukee's founding fathers follows Byron Kilbourn from his boyhood home in Ohio to Wisconsin.
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| Price: | $14.95 |
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Hardcover: $19.95
96 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN:9780870207716
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press
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This book examines the historic trends and battles which shaped Milwaukee, including the boundary wars of the 1950s and lawsuits over the polluting of Lake Michigan.
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Paperback: $22.95
272 pages, 20 b/w photos, 8 x 8
ISBN: 9780870204623
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press
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Paperback: $18.95
176 pages, 44 b&w photos and illus, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870207730
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The story of how Michael Cudahy and his friend and partner Warren Cozzens created Marquette Electronics, one of the miracles of modern business.
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Hardcover: $22.95
248 pages, 48 b/w photos, 5 ½ x 8 ¼
ISBN: 9780870205804
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Little Hawk shares his life journey—a story that is wise and irreverent, often funny, and deeply moving. Paperback edition.
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Paperback: $15.95
172 pages, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 978-0-87020-861-4
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Nancy Oestreich Lurie found a shopping bag filled with letters from her mother's childhood, and they turned out to be historically enlightening and entertaining.
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Lyle Oberwise spent a period of nearly 50 years collecting 43,00 color slides depicting Milwaukee's architecture and people.
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A pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth and development of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Based on the popular series of posters published by the City of Milwaukee in the 1980s, this book features both historical chronicles and contemporary portraits of 37 neighborhoods that emerged before World War II
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Beginning with a boyhood surrounded by storytellers, Jerry Apps engages readers with stories about his path to becoming one of the Midwest’s best-known and most revered writers. A book for book lovers! Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press.
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Create a priceless keepsake for the whole family with this prompted interview book. Fill it with memories that will be loved for generations!
Create a priceless keepsake for the whole family with this prompted interview book. Fill it with memories that will be loved for generations!
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A first-hand narrative of the fight for farmworkers' rights from celebrated labor leader, Jesus Salas. Young leaders founded Obreros Unidos (Workers United) to fight for fairness and respect, and to provide services to migrant families.
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Paperback: $24.95
240 pages, 114 photos, 2 maps, 8 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204067
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Seasoned with personal stories, menus, and family photos, Old Farm Country Cookbook recalls a time when electricity had not yet found its way to the farm, when making sauerkraut was a family endeavor, and when homemade ice cream tasted better than anything you could buy at the store.
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| Price: | $28.95 |
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Paperback: $20.00
192 pages, 1 b&w photo, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 9780870208249
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