| Wisconsin (on the Road Histories): On the Road Histories Contributor(s): Van Ells, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566566738 ISBN-13: 9781566566735 Publisher: Interlink Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2008 Annotation: Starting with the days that woolly mammoths tramped over the landscape, Mark Van Ells brings us on a journey through the fascinating history of the Badger State. Wisconsin remembers the brutal Black Hawk War and the fall of the first Paleo-Indian residents, the booming migration of thousands of Americans, the conflicted German population during and after the two world wars, and the famous Vietnam protests of University of Wisconsin students. Included are recommended museums, state parks, and other attractions, alongside literary excerpts from authors such as Edna Farber and Laura Ingalls Wilder, who give readers a sense of Wisconsin in different eras. Interlink's new travel series is a glorious, full-color tribute to the cultural, geographic, and historical riches of the United States. These brief histories are as idiosyncratic as the individual states themselves. Each volume shares elements that make any one of them a literate companion for that American classic: the road trip. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Special Interest - General - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Travel | United States - Midwest - East North Central (il, In, Mi, Oh, Wi) |
| Dewey: 977.5 |
| LCCN: 2006031036 |
| Series: On-The-Road Histories |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Starting with the days that wooly mammoths tromped over the landscape, Mark Van Ells brings us on a journey through the fascinating history of the Badger State. Wisconsin remembers the brutal Black Hawk War and the fall of the first Paleo-Indian residents, the booming migration of thousands of Americans, the conflicted German population during and after the two world wars, and the famous Vietnam protests of University of Wisconsin students. Included are recommended museums, state parks, and other attractions, alongside literary excerpts from authors such as Edna Farber and Laura Ingalls Wilder, who give readers a sense of Wisconsin in different eras. Birthplace of such cultural icons as Gene Wilder and Chris Farley, Wisconsin as revealed by Van Ells is a state rich in culture that easily outdoes the stereotypes of harsh winters and sprawling flat American dairy land. |