Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Madison (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Madison Area Guide
Author: Madison Walks
Author: Harriet BrownPublisher:
ISBN: 9780972121743
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
From the breathtaking view over Monona Bay to the lakeside tables at Memorial Union Terrace to the quirky shops along Willy Street, Madison is full of rewarding (and often surprising) rambles, ambles, strolls, and hikes. This book features detailed descriptions of nearly 20 scenic walks, illustrated through maps and photos.
Insiders' Guide® to Madison, WI
Author: Kevin RevolinskiPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762766506
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
A first edition, Insiders' Guide to Madison is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to this thriving Wisconsin city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Madison and its surrounding environs.
Madison Area Guide
Author: The Wisconsin Idea
Author: Charles McCarthyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Settlin’
Author: Muriel SimmsPublisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870208861
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Only a fraction of what is known about Madison’s earliest African American settlers and the vibrant and cohesive communities they formed has been preserved in traditional sources. The rest is contained in the hearts and minds of their descendants. Seeing a pressing need to preserve these experiences, lifelong Madison resident Muriel Simms collected the stories of twenty-five African Americans whose families arrived, survived, and thrived here in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. While some struggled to find work, housing, and acceptance, they describe a supportive and enterprising community that formed churches, businesses, and social clubs—and frequently came together in the face of adversity and conflict. A brief history of African American settlement in Madison begins the book to set the stage for the oral histories.
State of Wisconsin Blue Book
Author: Weird Wisconsin
Author: Linda S. GodfreyPublisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 0760759448
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: Spirits of Earth
Author: Robert A. BirminghamPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299232638
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Between A.D. 700 and 1100 Native Americans built more effigy mounds in Wisconsin than anywhere else in North America, with an estimated 1,300 mounds—including the world’s largest known bird effigy—at the center of effigy-building culture in and around Madison, Wisconsin. These huge earthworks, sculpted in the shape of birds, mammals, and other figures, have aroused curiosity for generations and together comprise a vast effigy mound ceremonial landscape. Farming and industrialization destroyed most of these mounds, leaving the mysteries of who built them and why they were made. The remaining mounds are protected today and many can be visited. explores the cultural, historical, and ceremonial meanings of the mounds in an informative, abundantly illustrated book and guide. Finalist, Social Science, Midwest Book Awards