George Peck is most often remembered for his Peck's Bad Boy books, but his smash hit on the lecture circuit was How Private Geo. W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion, a humorous view of the life of a Union cavalryman during the Civil War. Peck was well-known as a raconteur and lecturer before becoming governor of Wisconsin in 1891. more...
"Record show that more than 3,500 lakers have been lost on the five Great Lakes. The bottoms of the big lakes are littered with the remains of wooden schooners, sidewheel steamers, arched package freighters, iron and steel ore freighter of all kinds, many well-preserved in the cold dark depths. more...
This is the story of the most famous unit in the Union Army. Originally called the "Black Hat Brigade" because the soldiers wore the army's regular dress black hat instead of the more typical blue cap, the Iron Brigade was the only all-Western brigade in the Eastern armies of the Union. The Brigade was initially made up of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wis more...
Frances Hamerstrom, fomer debutante and fashion Model, has written over 100 scientific papers, articles, and reviews as well as ten books - two are for children, and one is Wild Food Cookbook. She has lectured in over a dozen countries and appears on the NBC television's "Late Night with David Letterman."
Lighthouse Keepers & Their Families Door County, Wisconsin 1837-1939
Keepers of the Lights is an outstanding work of local social history and a well-researched and thoughtful case study in 19th and early 20th century US history. Taken by themselves, the facts and data it contains would make the book a standard reference on the local lighth
A survey of the Maritime Accidents of Lake Superior, from Whitefish Bay's Point Iroquois to Grand Marais. A fascinating look at the many shipwreck, life-savers and lighthouses along the shoreline known as "The Graveyard of Lake Superior." Excellently illustrated with photographs. more...
This is a story about a farm and it's people, of a hilltop world in the 1930's in southwestern Wisconsin. Ben Logan grew up on a farm with his three brothers, father, mother, and hired hand Lyle - "The fifth Logan boy" - and marked the seasons by the demands of the land.
The most ancient and least disturbed forest ecosystem in eastern North America clings to the vertical cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment. Prior to 1988 it had escaped detection even though the entire forest was in plain view and was being visited by thousands upon thousands of people every year. The reason no one had discovered the forest was that th more...
In the course of his flamboyant career as an all-purpose activist, Saul Alinsky went from organizing working-class ethnics in one of Chicago's most blighted neighborhoods to mapping out strategies for the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s. He enlisted allies - from Catholic clergymen to labor unionists and black activists - in battles more...
Liberty Grove Township is the largest township in Wisconsin's Door County. Located at the northern tip of the Door Peninsula, a few miles due south of Washington Island, Liberty Grove occupies 36,331 acres which face Green Bay on the west, Green Bay and Lake Michigan on the east. The south is the land area of Door Peninsula. The shoreline is approx more...