New Books

Here you'll find the latest releases from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press.

• The Bark River Chronicles: Stories from a Wisconsin Watershed - Fall 2012
  By Milton J. Bates
  
• Green Bay Packers: Trials, Triumphs, and Tradition - Fall 2012
  By William Povletich, Foreword by Bob Harlan
  
• Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars and Breweries - Fall 2012
  By Jim Draeger & Mark Speltz; Photographs by Mark Fay
  
• This Wicked Rebellion: Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers Write Home - Fall 2012
  By by John Zimm (Editor), Foreword by Michael Edmonds
  
• Jens Jensen: Writings Inspired by Nature - Fall 2012
  By William H. Tishler (Editor)
  
• Building Taliesin: Frank Lloyd Wright's Home of Love and Loss - Fall 2012
  By Ron McCrea
  
• The Great Peshtigo Fire: Stories and Science from America's Deadliest Firestorm - Fall 2012
  By Scott Knickelbine
  
• Finding Freedom: The Untold Story of Joshua Glover, Runaway Slave Audio Book - Fall 2012
  By Ruby West Jackson and Walter T. McDonald; read by Jim Fleming
  
• People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish Audio Book - Fall 2012
  By Kathleen Schmitt Kline, Ronald M. Bruch, Frederick P. Binkowski; Audio Production by Chris Bocast, for the University of Wisconsin Aquatic Sciences Center
  
• Garden Wisdom: Lessons Learned from 60 Years of Gardening
  By Jerry Apps, with Photos by Steve Apps and Recipes by Ruth Apps
  
• The Flavor of Wisconsin for Kids: A feast of history, with stories and recipes celebrating the land and people of our state
  By Terese Allen and Bobbie Malone
  
• Return to Wake Robin: One Cabin in the Heyday of Northwoods Resorts
  By Marnie O. Mamminga
  
• Poles in Wisconsin
  By Susan Gibson Mikos
  
• Life, Death, and Archaeology at Fort Blue Mounds: A Settlers' Fortification of the Black Hawk War
  By Robert A. Birmingham
  
• Joyce Westerman: Baseball Hero
  By Bob Kann
  
• Les Paul: Guitar Wizard
  By Bob Jacobson
  
• People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879-1942
  By Tom Jones, Michael Schmudlach, Matthew Daniel Mason, Amy Lonetree, and George A. Greendeer, Foreword by Truman Lowe
  
• Tavern League: Portraits of Wisconsin Bars
  By Carl Corey
  
• Gudrun's Kitchen: Recipes from a Norwegian Family
  By Irene O. Sandvold, Ingeborg Hydle Baugh, Edward O. Sandvold, and Quinn E. Sandvold
  
• History Afield: Stories from the Golden Age of Wisconsin Sporting Life
  By Robert C. Willging
  
• Vintage Wisconsin Gardens: A History of Home Gardening
  By Lee Somerville, Foreword by Arnold R. Alanen
  
• Freedom Train North: Stories of the Underground Railroad in Wisconsin
  By Julia Pferdehirt
  
• Blue Jenkins: Working for Workers
  By Julia Pferdehirt
  
• Putting Down Roots: Gardening Insights from Wisconsin's Early Settlers
  By Marcia C. Carmichael
  
• Creating Dairyland: How caring for cows saved our soil, created our landscape, brought prosperity to our state, and still shapes our way of life in Wisconsin
  By Edward Janus
  
• Beyond the Trees: Stories of Wisconsin Forests
  By Candice Gaukel Andrews