Cream City Chronicles: Stories of Milwaukee's Past - Paperback
by John Gurda
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Wisconsin Historical Society PressISBN-13:9780870207587ISBN-10:087020758XUPC:9780870207587Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC7VZW4QF4
Cream City Chronicles is a collection of lively stories about the people, the events, the landmarks, and the institutions that have made Milwaukee a unique American community. These stories represent the best of historian John Gurda's popular Sunday columns that have appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel since 1994. Find yourself transported back to another time, when the village of Milwaukee was home to fur trappers and traders. Follow the development of Milwaukee's distinctive neighborhoods, its rise as a port city and industrial center, and its changing political climate. From singing mayors to summer festivals, from blueblood weddings to bloody labor disturbances, the collection offers a generous sampling of tales that express the true character of a hometown metropolis.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Wisconsin Historical Society PressISBN-13:9780870207587ISBN-10:087020758XUPC:9780870207587Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC7VZW4QF4
John Gurda is a Milwaukee-born writer and historian who has been studying his hometown since 1972. He is the author of twenty-one books, including histories of Milwaukee-area neighborhoods, churches, and industries. He is also a photographer, lecturer, and local history columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Gurda is an eight-time winner of the Wisconsin Historical Society's Award of Merit. The common thread in all his work is an understanding of history as "why things are the way they are."
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