In 1830, a young woman named Juliette Magill Kinzie moved from her fancy home in Connecticut to a...

Born in 1755 on a small Caribbean island to unmarried parents, Alexander Hamilton did not enjoy t...

Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Reader documents the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project...

Lighthouses are a reflection of the human spirit and a mirror to our past.from the Introduction...

A governor who saw ghosts, an incorrigible horse thief, a husband and wife who each stood over se...

The inspiring story of an iconic singer from MilwaukeeThis is the first biography to chronicle th...

In this collection of thoughtful essays, Jerry Apps reflects on the "e;simple things"e; t...

Six Generations Here: A Farm Family Remembersby Marjorie L. McLellan, with an essay by Kathleen N...

For years, schoolchildren heard the story of Jean Nicolet's arrival in Wisconsin. But the popular...

Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate is the first comprehensive biography of one of Wisconsin's most i...

In 1914 crew members of the lighthouse tender Hyacinth rescued a stray puppy from the Milwaukee R...

Every shipwreck has a story that extends far beyond its tragic end. The dramatic tales of disaste...