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Summer Reading from the Magazine of History
Summer is almost here and the new issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History has your summer reading covered. The summer issue takes us inside baseball with the Milwaukee Braves and Brewers, to the frontlines of the marches for open housing in Milwaukee, to northern Wisconsin where an ambitious company attempted a major settlement scheme, and to Madeline Island to experience the visual beauty of the Crandall Collection of American Indian Dolls. Plus, get a sneak peek at an upcoming Wisconsin Historical Society Press book, Private Soldiers: Wisconsin's 2-127 Infantry Battalion in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In "When the Braves of Bushville Ruled Baseball," author Bill Povletch celebrates five-time All Star Andy Pafko who helped the 1957 Milwaukee Braves win the world championship. After the Braves left Milwaukee, many Wisconsin baseball fans were wary to fall in love again. Robert De Broux profiles the team that made many believers again in "The 1982 Brewers Dared Wisconsin to Fall in Love with a Team Again and Succeeded." And if all this baseball has you wanting more, be sure to check out the Wisconsin Historical Museum's exhibit World Series Wisconsin, opening July 17.
African Americans faced a housing crunch in 1960s Milwaukee, often faced with hostility when they moved beyond the confines of existing black neighborhoods. Professor Margaret Rozga, in "March on Milwaukee: Fr. Groppi and the Open Housing Movement," looks at the tireless efforts of a white Catholic priest to get a fair housing ordinance in the city of Milwaukee.
In "Made-to-Order Farms," author Erika Janik describes the innovative early 20th-century settlement scheme of the Wisconsin Colonization Company to settle the northern Wisconsin lands decimated by logging and mineral extraction.
What role does the doll play in the cultural traditions of the Indian tribes of North America? The dolls photographed in this visual image essay from the Crandall Collection of American Indian Dolls housed at Madeline Island Museum provide multiple answers to that question.
And finally, get a rare firsthand account of life and war in Iraq with three members of Wisconsin's 2-127 Infantry Battalion in an excerpt from the forthcoming book Private Soldiers.
Find the magazine in our online store or at your favorite bookstore — or save yourself the trouble by becoming a member of the Society and having the magazine sent directly to your home! The Wisconsin Magazine of History is just one of the benefits of membership in the Society.
:: Posted June 13, 2007
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