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|  | | A Place To Which We Belong
This anthology of Wisconsin writers was published as a fundraiser for the nonprofit group "1000 Friends of Wisconsin" to help them celebrate the state's sesquicentenary in 1998.
div class="productDescriptionWrapper">This anthology of nearly fifty short essays by Wisconsin writers explores a personal sense of place. Wonderfully wide-ranging yet united by a common theme, the chapters include both intimate contemplations of lakes or gardens and big-picture overviews of science, politics, and land use. Whether outdoor writers, journalists, storytellers, farmers, social commentators, spiritual leaders, scientists, or conservation activists, the contributors ask, What gives us a sense of place? What make a place worthy of protection and respect? What | |  | | Almost Perfect: Disabled Pets and the People Who Love Them
An anthology of eleven true-life stories from writers in three countries, about the boundless love and inspiration brought by adopted special needs pets to those brave enough to welcome them into their hearts and homes.
Everyone loves a story about well-muscled retrievers barreling after thrown balls or elegant, longhaired cats commanding the attention of allbr />
in a room. But what about those less fortunate companion animals, whose experiences have robbed them of the wholeness of their “perfect” pet peers? After all, it’s easy to be happy when life has been safe, kind and protected, but it takes a special kind of critter to triumph over brutal circumstances that would make most people give up.
In Almost Perfect, eleven writers share true tales of courage, ingenuity,br />
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Unusually warm Atlantic Ocean waters spawn a disastrous hurricane season, causing massive flooding and breaking all-time damage records. Hundreds are dead, many missing, and thousands more left homeless. The Gulf Coast in 2005? No: The Delaware River Valley in 1955. Author Mary Shafer points up eerie similarities between 2005’s catastrophic hurricane season and that of fifty years before. The only comprehensive documentary of 1955's record-setter: Despite 3 recent floods, it's still "the mother of all floods" in the Delaware Valley. Fast-paced narrative nonfiction delivers true-life danger, drama and deadly natural forces caused by twin hurricanes Connie and Diane.
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o:Words>211 | |  | | Rural America: A Pictorial Folk Memory
An affectionate look back at agrarian America before the industrial revolution. Profusely illustrated with a plethora of historic images from the Library of Congress, "Rural America" helps us understand where we're going with a nostalgic look back at where we've come from.
From the author's introduction:
"I recorded here the musing of a curious mind, a cerebral reaching for some bridge between who we once were and who we have become as a nation, viewed in the context of a way of life that is as old as the country itself. Interspersed with my words is a collection of fascinating photographs that bring closer to home some of the images that passed through my mind as I wrote. I hope you will enjoy the time you spend with this book, if only to allow yourself the kind of meditation and mental "breathing space" that it celebrates." | |  | | Wisconsin, The Way We Were: 1845-1945
A liberally illustrated popular history that focuses on the people, places, experiences, challenges and pastimes that have made The Badger State a remarkable place to live in and visit. Wisconsin's first century of statehood is remembered with the fervor of a sports fan balanced by the keen eye of a journalist.
Chapter 1 - Busting Sod: Settlement, Indian Wars, statehood, railroads and other transportation, farm equipment, lumber towns, the Peshtigo Fire, profiles of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Increase Lapham
Chapter 2 - Brave New World: Frontier life, mining, logging, women's work, social life, religion, "King" Strang, Holy Hill, family traditions, profiles of Christopher Latham Sholes and Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb
Chapter 3 - In Pursuit of Truth: Politics and government, public education, the birth of free schools, colleges and universities, profiles of Magarethe Meyer Schur |
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