On the Hunt: The History of Deer Hunting in Wisconsin

By Robert C. Willging

"I remember the first white-tailed buck I ever saw. . . All I have to do is close my eyes to relive the moment. . . the image . . . comes back with special intensity in autumn, when the air is crisp and the leaves are turning. I was twelve years old at the time." - from the introduction to On the Hunt

It's a long way from the suburbs of Chicago, where Bob Willging grew up, to a deer-hunting camp in northern Wisconsin. When Willging entered the wildlife management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, he realized that...

Old Farm: A History

by Jerry Apps With Photographs by Steve Apps

"Jerry Apps has a historian's eye and a storyteller's heart count me among his legion of grateful readers."
-Michael Perry, author of Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time and Truck: A Love Story

One of the Midwest's best-loved authors tells the story of his land, from the...

Fill 'er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations

by Jim Draeger & Mark Speltz

"Gas stations are among the most ephemeral of all buildings. Historic stations are becoming a rarity; they are now artifacts of the twentieth century's struggle to accommodate the revolutionary changes brought by the automobile."
—From the Preface

Step back to the day when a visit to the gas station meant service...