Books from Wisconsin Historical Society Press

  • Wisconsin in the Civil War: The Home Front and the Battle Front, 1861-1865
    Wisconsin in the Civil War: The Home Front and the Battle Front, 1861-1865
    By Frank Klement

    This long-awaited study will appeal to students, researchers, and Civil War buffs no less than to the general reader. Well-written and engaging, it presents a vivid chronological narrative of Wisconsin's...

  • Mary Nohl: A Lifetime in Art
    Mary Nohl: A Lifetime in Art
    By Barbara Manger, Janine Smith

    LOOK INSIDE THE LIFE — AND HOME — OF LEGENDARY 'OUTSIDER' ARTIST MARY NOHL "Mary Nohl: A Lifetime in Art" by Barbara Manger and Janine Smith, tells the story of Milwaukee-born artist, Mary Nohl.

  • Gordon MacQuarrie: The Story of an Old Duck Hunter
    Gordon MacQuarrie: The Story of an Old Duck Hunter
    By Keith Crowley

    As a result, his audience and his legend continue to grow. Gordon MacQuarrie: The Story of an Old Duck Hunter is the first full-length biography of this literary legend.

  • The Land Still Lives
    The Land Still Lives
    By Jerry Apps

    This is vintage Apps, essential reading for Jerry’s legions of fans—and for all who, like Jerry, wish “to develop a relationship with nature and all its mystery and wonder.”

  • Life, Death, and Archaeology at Fort Blue Mounds: A Settlers’ Fortification of the Black Hawk War
    Life, Death, and Archaeology at Fort Blue Mounds: A Settlers’ Fortification of the Black Hawk War
    By Robert A. Birmingham

    Life, Death, and Archaeology at Fort Blue Mounds is an archaeological detective story illuminating the lives of white settlers in the lead-mining region during the tragic events of the historically important conflict known as the Black Hawk ...

  • The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior
    The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior
    By Robert Silbernagel

    In The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior, Silbernagel deepens our understanding of this era with stories of resilient, remarkable people.

  • Frank Lloyd Wright’s Penwern: A Summer Estate
    Frank Lloyd Wright’s Penwern: A Summer Estate
    By Mark Hertzberg

    Featuring beautiful color photographs, plus vintage black and white pictures and original Wright drawings, this book transports readers back to the glory days of gracious living and entertaining on the lake.