Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The land remembers The land remembers Ben Logan The Land Remembers is the autobiographical account of Ben Logan, first published in 1975 by Heartland Press. Logan was raised on his family's farm, Seldom Seen, in the southwest Wisconsin hill countr… OL14852546W
Some like it cold Some like it cold William Povletich vii, 198 p. : 23 cm OL18738739W
Epilogue Epilogue Will Boast "Will Boast thought he'd lost his family, until a deeply held secret revealed a second chance he never thought he'd have. Having already lost his mother and only brother, twenty-four-year-old Boast .… OL19989940W
My unsentimental education My unsentimental education Debra Monroe "A misfit in Spooner, Wisconsin with its farms, bars, and strip joints, Debra Monroe leaves to earn a degree, then another, another, and builds a career--if only because her plans to be a Midwestern … OL20015398W
Uncovering Black Heroes Uncovering Black Heroes David Boers xii, 126 pages ; 23 cm OL22533762W
Cris Plata Cris Plata Maia Surdam "Raised among Mexican American farmworkers, singer-songwriter Cris Plata spoke Spanish, ate Mexican food, and heard Mexican music played by family and friends. He also spoke English, went to school w… OL23180780W
House hold House hold Peters, Ann (Professor of English) This book offers many views: cornfields and glacial lakes, fast food parking lots and rural highways, Manhattan apartments and Brooklyn brownstones. Peters revisits the modern split-level where she g… OL23290058W
Coop Coop Michael Perry In over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of Truck: A Love Story gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.Last seen s… OL2617640W
The shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer The shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer Brian Masters Open Library won't allow me to access this book for a second episode of reading & keeps saying it's currently borrowed/being read. It won't acknowledge ME who is the one reading it! It will likely re… OL3636249W
The day they gave babies away The day they gave babies away Dale Eunson True story about the author's father. At the tender age of 12 and newly orphaned, Robbie Eunson sets about to finds good homes for his younger brothers and sisters. Amazing story made into a film s… OL4809266W
Imperial reckoning Imperial reckoning Caroline Elkins "On October 8, 1871, a tornado of fire more than 1,000 feet high and 5 miles wide ripped through the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, destroying over 2,400 square miles of forest and killing more than 2,… OL5732581W
Death in a prairie house Death in a prairie house William R. Drennan The least understood event of Frank Lloyd Wright's life involves the brutal murders in 1914 of seven adults and children dear to the architect and the destruction by fire of Taliesin, his landmark Wi… OL9208665W