Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Stephens, Jim, ed.
The Journey Home: The Literature of Wisconsin Through Four Centur-
ies.
Madison: North Country Press, 1989. A remarkable multivolume set of Wisconsin
literature, tracing back as far as the trickster cycles of Native Americans.
Martin, Lawrence.
The Physical Geography of Wisconsin.
Madison: University of Wiscon-
sinPress,1965.ThisisthegranddaddyofallWisconsingeographybooks,firstpublished
in 1916 and updated in subsequent editions.
Reuss,HenryS.
On the Trail of the Ice Age.
Sheboygan,WI:IceAgeParkandTrailFound-
ation,1990.Thisisagoodcompendiumoftheoddballgeologyofthestateandtheeffort
to establish the Ice Age National Scenic Trail.
Leopold,Aldo.
A Sand County Almanac.
NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,1949.Anab-
solute must-read for anyone who considers himself or herself to be at all attuned to the
land. Also an education for those superficial enough to think central Wisconsin is a vast
nothingland.
Olson, Sigurd.
Collected Works of Sigurd Olson.
Stillwater, MN: 1990. Wisconsin's sem-
inal ecologist besides Aldo Leopold, Olson had as much influence as his more famous
contemporary. This is an excellent overview of his life's work. These writings show an
incredible depth of ecological awareness but are very approachable for a layperson.
The state historical society has produced brief booklets profiling every immigrant group in
Wisconsin. They're available from the State Historical Society Museum in Madison.
Bieder, Robert E.
Native American Communities in Wisconsin, 1600-1960.
Madison:
University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. The first and, really, only comprehensive, in-depth
look at Native Americans in the state.
Maxwell, R. S.
La Follette and the Rise of the Progressives in Wisconsin.
Madison: State
Historical Society, 1956. This is a fine account of Robert La Follette, the much-beloved
Progressive Party politician of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
