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As the state's oldest publisher, the Wisconsin Historical Society Press takes pride in publishing the finest books on Wisconsin history and culture. Come browse through the pages of our many outstanding titles.

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Fighting Bob La Follette: The Righteous Reformer, coming fall 2008

By Nancy C. Unger

"The story of La Follette and the progressives remains a lively and highly relevant chapter in American history. It is the antidote to resignation and complacency that emerges when problems are perceived as unprecedented in their severity, immune to remedy, and thus accepted as inevitable."—from the Preface to the Paperback...

 
Belle and Bob La Follette: Partners in Politics

By Bob Kann

The most famous couple in Wisconsin politics, "Fighting Bob" La Follette and his wife, Belle Case La Follette, come to life in the pages of the newest addition to the Badger Biographies series for young readers. In an accessible format that includes historic images, a glossary of...

The latest issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History.

The current issue features articles on the cancelled 1957 and 1958 Wisconsin Badger football games against Louisiana State due to Louisiana's segregation laws, Camp Randall as a prisoner of war facility during the Civil War, and the fight for women journalists to integrate the Milwaukee Press Club.

Members receive the Magazine of History and a ten-percent discount on all book purchases.

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