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Jerry Apps is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of more than 15 books, many of them on rural history and country life.  His nonfiction books include "Ringlingville USA," "Barns of Wisconsin," "Horse-Drawn Days," "Old Farm," "Every Farm Tells a Story," "Country Wisdom," "When Chores Were Done," "Humor from the Country," "Country Ways and Country Days," "One-Room County Schools," "Cheese," and "Breweries of Wisconsin." His children's picture books include "Stormy" and "Eat Rutabagas." Jerry has won numerous awards for his writing from the Wisconsin Library Association, The Council for Wisconsin Writers, Robert E. Gard Foundation, Upper Midwest Booksellers Association, Barnes and Noble Bookstores, and the Wisconsin Historical Society, among others.

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