Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Missouri

In a stark, troubling, yet ultimately triumphant celebration of self-determination, award-winning author A. Manette Ansay re-creates a stifling world of guilty and pain, and the tormented souls who inhabit it. It is 1972 when circumstance carries Ellen Grier and her family back to Holly's Field, Wisconsin. Dutifully accompanying her newly unemployed husband, Ellen has brought her two children into the home of her in-laws on Vinegar Hill--a loveless house suffused with the settling dust of bitterness and routine--where calculated cruelty is a way of life preserved and perpetuated in the service of a rigid, exacting and angry God. Behind a facade of false piety, there are sins and secrets in this place that could crush a vibrant young woman's passionate spirit. And here Ellen must find the straight to endure, change, and grow in the all-pervading darkness that threatens to destroy everything she is and everyone she loves.

Vinegar Hill

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Around the Shores of Lake Superior is an ideal trip planner and a unique guide to the region. Margaret Beattie Bogue evokes the richness of local history and highlights hundreds of landmarks and points of interest that surround the lake. Grand Portage, Fort William Historical Park, the Agawa Canyon Pictographs, Isle Royale, and the Pictured Rocks and Apostle Islands National Lakeshores are just a few of the many sites featured, each with a short descriptive history, directions, and contact information. In keeping with the guide's easy-to-follow organization, all sites are keyed to a foldout map pocketed in the book's back cover. and human history of the region - the Ojibwe presence, French exploration, industry on and around the lake, and the impact of this history on the natural environment. With more than 200 color and black-and-white images, this updated and greatly expanded second edition will enrich the appreciation of the region for both visitors and residents of the upper Great Lakes.

The book is in good condition, with minimal wear to the spine. Some light creases on the spine but no break. Pages are clean and unmarked. The book comes with a folded paper map to be used as a travel guide. Published in 1979.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Minnesota

A guide to historic sites

Around the Shores of Lake Superior

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Mississippi

Stephen King

Peter Straub

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Massachusetts

A retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in the rural Wisconsin hamlet of Tamarack, Jack Sawyer is called in to assist the local police chief in solving a gruesome series of murders that causes Jack to experience inexplicable waking nightmares and draw him back to the Territories and an encounter with his own hidden past, in the long-awaited sequel to The Talisman. 2,000,000 first printing.

Black House

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A. Manette Ansay

Texas

Looks like it just came off the sales shelf.

Swedish domestic worker Emina Johnson witnessed the great Peshtigo fire in 1871; Cherokee nurse Isabella Wolfe served the Lac du Flambeau reservation for decades; the author's own grandmother, Matilda Schopp, was one of numerous immigrants who eked out a living on the Wisconsin cutover. Calling This Place Home tells the stories of these and many other Native and settler women during Wisconsin's frontier era.

Noted historian Joan M. Jensen spent more than a decade delving into the lives of a remarkable range of women who lived during the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries. These individuals shared many struggles as economies evolved from logging to dairying to tourism. Facing many challenges, they cared for their sick, educated their children, maintained their cultural identity, and preserved their own means of worship.

Entwining the experiences of Native and settler communities, Jensen uses photographs and documents to examine and illustrate the recovered stories of representative but often overlooked women. This comprehensive volume brings a deeper understanding of the state's history through the stories of individual women and the broader developments that shaped their lives.

Wisconsin

Women on the Wisconsin Frontier 1850-1925

Swedish domestic worker Emina Johnson witnessed the great Peshtigo fire in 1871; Cherokee nurse Isabella Wolfe served the Lac du Flambeau reservation for decades; the author's own grandmother, Matilda Schopp, was one of numerous immigrants who eked out a living on the Wisconsin cutover. Calling This Place Home tells the stories of these and many other Native and settler women during Wisconsin's frontier era.  Noted historian Joan M. Jensen spent more than a decade delving into the lives of a remarkable range of women who lived during the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries. These individuals shared many struggles as economies evolved from logging to dairying to tourism. Facing many challenges, they cared for their sick, educated their children, maintained their cultural identity, and preserved their own means of worship.  Entwining the experiences of Native and settler communities, Jensen uses photographs and documents to examine and illustrate the recovered stories of representative but often overlooked women. This comprehensive volume brings a deeper understanding of the state's history through the stories of individual women and the broader developments that shaped their lives.

(First Edition) Calling This Place Home

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A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting

From the acclaimed author of Population: 485 and Truck: A Love Story comes a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country. Living in a ramshackle Wisconsin farmhouse—faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and informed by his pregnant wife that she intends to deliver their baby at home—Michael Perry plumbs his unorthodox childhood for clues to how to proceed as a farmer, a husband, and a father. Whether he's remembering his younger days—when his city-bred parents took in sixty or so foster children while running a sheep and dairy farm—or describing what it's like to be bitten in the butt while wrestling a pig, Perry flourishes in his trademark humor. But he also writes from the quieter corners of his heart, chronicling experiences as joyful as the birth of his child and as devastating as the death of a dear friend.

Coop

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Iowa

The Story of a Farm and Its People

This classic American memoir is about a farm and its people, of a boyhood on a southwestern Wisconsin hilltop world in the 1930s. Ben Logan grew up on Seldom Seen Farm with his three brothers, father, mother, and hired hand Lyle--"the fifth Logan boy.” The boys discussed and argued and joked over the events around their farm, marked the seasons by the demands of the land, tested each other and themselves, and grew up learning timeless lessons. This paperback edition features Logan's never-before-published afterword that traces the Logan land to an earlier time, bringing the story full circle to the farm and its people.

The Land Remembers

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Some shelf and storage wear. Some discoloration on the covers.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Tennessee

Weird Wisconsin

River Bluff Cuisine

#1967 #janesville #wisconsin #methodist #miriamcircle  140 pages, front cover missing

The Janesville Methodist Church

A Collection of Favorite Recipes by Janesville Community

Brad Larson

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Wisconsin's 150th Machine Gun Battalion in World War I

Through letters, diaries, and other recollections, Brad Larson tells the forgotten story of the 150th Machine Gun Battalion of the 42nd "Rainbow" Division. This history traces these Guardsmen's paths from their time in the war and considers the impact of war's trauma and tedium on their lives.

All the Hometown Boys

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Bought used.  The previous owner stored it in her garage, so it does have some stains on the edges and dust jacket.  I cleaned up the outside of the dust jacket and dusted the edges.

Lost Milwaukee

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Lois Walfrid Johnson

her eyes father having died in a construction accident Kate O'Connor and her mother are left to struggle alone in Minnesota in 1906. deciding her mother needs help 12-year-old Kate goes to to pray with her pastor about getting your mother a new husband. but when God answers their prayer even Kate is not prepared for the changes. her mother's marriage involves becoming part of a swedish family with two brothers and one sister on a farm in Northwest Wisconsin. such a big change is made harder when Anders who is also 12 gets mad at Kate and seems determined to make her life miserable. as conflicts erupt with adders strange occurrences began to happen around the farm. Kate is convinced she sees someone lurking about but why? are there lies and danger? exciting mystery and adventure for boys and girls.



Kate O'Connell and her stepbrother Anders need to work together to solve a mystery. Ages 8-12.

The Disappearing Stranger

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#hardcover #murderthriller #stephenking #horror #peterstraub #booklover #wisconsin #fiction 

#holyghost #dickeyville #wisconsin #cooking #juniorhighkids 

Holy Ghost School, Dickeyville, Wisconsin 

Our Favorite Recipes

Eugene Robinson

"Diary of a Super Bowl Season" by Eugene Robinson offers readers an intimate and behind-the-scenes look into the exhilarating journey of a professional football player during a Super Bowl-winning season. Through the eyes of Eugene Robinson, a former NFL player, the book provides a firsthand account of the highs, lows, challenges, and triumphs that define the grueling path to football's ultimate championship. With vivid storytelling and personal reflections, Robinson takes readers on a captivating ride, revealing the inner workings of a team, the camaraderie among players, and the intense dedication required to achieve victory on the grandest stage of American sports. Whether you're a football fan or simply interested in the inner workings of a championship season, "Diary of a Super Bowl Season" offers a unique and compelling perspective. 

Eugene Robinson was the embodiment of the Green Bay packers. Not only was he the rock of the defense at free safety, he is a solid man off the field who helped to make Packers fans proud of their team. From training camp to the Super Bowl and from undrafted free agent to the Pro Bowl, Robinson's story is about work, dedication, focus and family. This book is a season-long lesson on football and recitation on life. Take the journey.

The Diary of a Super Bowl Season

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Deftly written and emotionally powerful, Drowning Ruth is a stunning portrait of the ties that bind sisters together and the forces that tear them apart, of the dangers of keeping secrets and the explosive repercussions when they are exposed. A mesmerizing and achingly beautiful debut. 
Winter, 1919. Amanda Starkey spends her days nursing soldiers wounded in the Great War. Finding herself suddenly overwhelmed, she flees Milwaukee and retreats to her family's farm on Nagawaukee Lake, seeking comfort with her younger sister, Mathilda, and three-year-old niece, Ruth. But very soon, Amanda comes to see that her old home is no refuge--she has carried her troubles with her. On one terrible night almost a year later, Amanda loses nearly everything that is dearest to her when her sister mysteriously disappears and is later found drowned beneath the ice that covers the lake. When Mathilda's husband comes home from the war, wounded and troubled himself, he finds that Amanda has taken charge of Ruth and the farm, assuming her responsibility with a frightening intensity. Wry and guarded, Amanda tells the story of her family in careful doses, as anxious to hide from herself as from us the secrets of her own past and of that night. 
Ruth, haunted by her own memory of that fateful night, grows up under the watchful eye of her prickly and possessive aunt and gradually becomes aware of the odd events of her childhood. As she tells her own story with increasing clarity, she reveals the mounting toll that her aunt's secrets exact from her family and everyone around her, until the heartrending truth is uncovered. 
Guiding us through the lives of the Starkey women, Christina Schwarz's first novel shows her compassion and a unique understanding of the American landscape and the people who live on it.


Michigan

Drowning Ruth

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South Carolina

Mark Wyman

Tight copy, no markings. Minimal read wear.

Connecticut

From the 17th century, to the late 19th century, Wisconsin's frontier era saw thousands arriving from Europe. As population grew the Indians realized that incoming groups wanted land as well as furs, and a series of struggles erupted that eventually left Chippewas, Menominees, and the New York Indians with reservations.

The Wisconsin Frontier

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Katherine J. Cramer

Washington

Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker

Since the election of Scott Walker, Wisconsin has been seen as ground zero for debates about the appropriate role of government in the wake of the Great Recession. In a time of rising inequality, Walker not only survived a bitterly contested recall that brought thousands of protesters to Capitol Square, he was subsequently reelected. How could this happen? How is it that the very people who stand to benefit from strong government services not only vote against the candidates who support those services but are vehemently against the very idea of big government? With The Politics of Resentment, Katherine J. Cramer uncovers an oft-overlooked piece of the puzzle: rural political consciousness and the resentment of the “liberal elite.” Rural voters are distrustful that politicians will respect the distinct values of their communities and allocate a fair share of resources. What can look like disagreements about basic political principles are therefore actually rooted in something even more fundamental: who we are as people and how closely a candidate’s social identity matches our own. Using Scott Walker and Wisconsin’s prominent and protracted debate about the appropriate role of government, Cramer illuminates the contours of rural consciousness, showing how place-based identities profoundly influence how people understand politics, regardless of whether urban politicians and their supporters really do shortchange or look down on those living in the country. The Politics of Resentment shows that rural resentment—no less than partisanship, race, or class—plays a major role in dividing America against itself.

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Black House

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Joan M. Jensen

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A. Manette Ansay

Vinegar Hill

Linda S. Godfrey, Richard D. Hendricks

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River Bluff Cuisine

Miriam Circle

A Collection of Favorite Recipes by Janesville Community

Brad Larson

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Stephen King; Peter Straub

Black House

Carl Swanson

Lost Milwaukee

Lois Walfrid Johnson

The Disappearing Stranger

Stephen King; Peter Straub

Black House

Holy Ghost School Junior High

Our Favorite Recipes

Stephen King; Peter Straub

Black House

Eugene Robinson

The Diary of a Super Bowl Season

Christina Schwarz

Drowning Ruth

Stephen King; Peter Straub

Black House

Mark Wyman

The Wisconsin Frontier

Katherine J. Cramer

The Politics of Resentment